Essential Skills for an Administrative Assistant
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- As an administrative assistant you are expected to support all the specialists, experts and managers in an electronic security company. Hence you need to be able to apply your inter-personal, organisational and communication skills to the culture of the security industry and its standards and expectations.
- As a team member, you are working in a cooperative environment and can expect support from others when carrying out the range of tasks assigned to you. You should seek feedback on your performance and use that to improve your efficiency. As you gain experience and confidence, the scope of your job is likely to expand, particularly if you are working in a small organisation. Therefore, you need to be open to learning new aspects of the business so that you can build up a diverse range of skills.
- To provide support in the area of work scheduling you need good planning skills, proficiency with a range of software programs and the ability to solve problems and deal with client issues. Clients come from a range of cultural backgrounds and you need tact and patience to deal calmly and politely with any who are rude and angry.