5 essential admin skills you need in 2017
Are you ready to kick your career up a notch in the upcoming year? Cultivating these five essential skills can help ensure your success in 2017.
Start here with Advanced Admin Skills Workshop: Beyond the Job Description.
1. Tech savvy. The more comfortable and familiar you are with the latest technology, the more indispensable you will be, says career coach Dele Lowman Smith. Take classes and stay abreast of the latest updates to software and apps you use so that your tech skills stay fresh.
2. Finesse in interpersonal interactions. As the gatekeeper, you'll need to play well with others who want access to your boss, says career advisor Laura Gmeinder. "Don't play favorites," she says. This goes for people you work with outside of the office, such as vendors or clients, as well. "Relationships are currency in the business world, and being able to make things happen with just a phone call to the right person will make you invaluable to your boss and your colleagues," Smith says.
Advanced Admin Skills Workshop: Beyond the Job Description is designed to assist you, the advanced administrative professional, with perfecting your skills so you continue to excel. Register now for this November 9 webinar.
3. Discretion. "Confidentiality is essential," Gmeinder says. Look back over the past year and ask yourself if there were any occasions when you passed on information that should have stayed with you—or alternately, kept silent when speaking up would have been better.
4. Multitasking. Administrative professionals need to be comfortable multitasking on several high priority items at the same time with frequent interruptions, says Gmeinder. Are your skills up to task? If you need help, look for ways to improve your organizational expertise, whether it's with productivity apps, training on time management or other skills. "In your support role, it is essential to help keep operations running smoothly," Smith says. "Being able to track and manage resources and information effectively makes everyone else's jobs easier."
5. Mind-reading. Being an administrative professional often feels like it requires superpowers, and staying one step ahead of what others need will continue to be important in 2017. Arlene Vernon, CEO of HRx, says it's important for administrative professionals to understand the needs of the people they support and address them before being asked.
With Advanced Admin Skills Workshop: Beyond the Job Description, you'll get the strategies you need to: - Recognize the stages of partnership development
- Build the trust and respect of your executive
Learn how to think like a CEO- Develop your business acumen
- Understand your executive's personality type and strengths to forge a stronger partnership
- Become an effective communicator and liaison for your executive
- Address difficult conversations with confidence
- And more!
Advanced Admin Skills Workshop: Beyond the Job Description, presented by admin expert Julie Perrine, will leave you equipped to be a leader in your company and a partner with your boss and your team. Register today!
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