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Posted By: Staff Editor In: Job Seeker - Resume
When applying to any Admin job attention detail is critical. So if you consider your resume and cover letter as an audition piece for the job, you’ll be able to look more critically at the overall package and spot any flaws or shortcomings.
The resume is one of your most important tools for landing an administrative or clerical job. While it’s true that having a good resume is critical for any job, when you’re applying for an admin job, what you submit will be scrutinized closely; after all, if there’s a typo, bad grammar or poor usage on your resume, how can you be expected to be a good administrative worker? Attention to detail is very important on an administrative or clerical resume.
Consider your resume package an audition for an admin position. If you approach the resume and cover letter in this way, you’ll be able to look more critically at the overall package and spot any flaws or shortcomings. If you don’t have much experience with resumes, ask yourself three important questions when reading over your material.
- If I had to hire someone based on this resume, what would be my first impression? Is the overall presentation strong?
Is your experience listed in reverse chronological order, or does the resume force the reader to go hunting for the details of your most recent job? Don’t underestimate the importance of good resume presentation. If you want an administrative office job, you don’t want an old, unrelated job to be the first thing your potential employer sees when combing through your experience.
- Am I selling my skills properly? If you don’t know the difference between answering the phones and customer relations, you might have a problem translating your everyday work experience as a career admin professional into terms that properly explain your previous duties.
Administrative secretary jobs and other clerical positions often include many seemingly mundane daily tasks that are actually vital to the company’s continued existence. “Answering phones” doesn’t really do the work justice. Instead, that task can be more accurately described according to the nature of the calls—customer support, advertising sales or service, public relations and/or event organizing.
- Do I give relevant experience, or is my resume cluttered with unimportant details? Keep your administrative assistant resume free of unrelated jobs and activities.
Don’t bother listing your high school fast food employment or club memberships unless they directly pertain to the job for which you’re applying. For example, if you're looking for clerical or admin work with a retail company and worked for that company in the past, list the job. In this particular case, your unrelated past work experience definitely helps, as it shows you liked the experience enough to consider that company for a different kind of work.
Remember that your hard-copy resume should always include the URL of your online version. If you don’t have a resume posted online, you should get one up and running as soon as possible—any employer looking to hire admin or clerical support wants someone who's ‘net savvy and able to handle simple digital tasks.
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