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Posted By: Julie Shenkman In: Clerical & Administrative
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So you’ve landed the job you worked so hard to get—you’ve done your preparation, leaped through all the hoops, bowled over the powers that be with your qualifications and delivered the knockout punch with your winning personality. Now that you’re ready to leap headlong into your clerical career, all that’s left to do is walk the walk. Sounds easy enough. But now’s no time to relax. Make sure that from your first day on the job, you hit the ground running.
Sharpen your organizational skills.
If you’ve managed to convince the hiring manager that you’re the right person for the job, you’ve probably already provided evidence of excellent organizational skills. But anyone that ever called brushing up or improving on your skills a bad idea is an outright purveyor of mistruth.
Develop a tracking method for your tasks.
Clerical job positions require performing so many varied duties that without some method of tracking, even the most talented of multi-taskers stands the risk of getting lost in a memory maze. Whether you develop a high tech spreadsheet or take the old school approach of using a notebook to track your progress, committing your actions to the written word creates a fool-proof method of ensuring that all work is kept on track to timely completion. Meeting deadlines will be a critical part of your job.
Stay current.
If you’re working a medical clerical job you’ll not only need to have a strong familiarity with current insurance rules and billing practices, but you’ll also need to have an understanding of laboratory, surgical and general hospital procedures. Whenever possible, it’s not a bad idea to do additional homework to complement your training in your current role.
Enhance your PR skills.
If you’ve just landed a university administrative job, you should know that the position is going to require you to be a little bit of everything—part clerical superhero, part politician, part university spokesperson and part counselor. The university admin has the task of not only scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, and maintaining correspondence, but is also responsible for acting as a liaison to off-campus organizations, organizing events, and handling angry or upset customers. Not everyone’s born with a knack for public relations, but fortunately for the majority of us, it’s a skill that can be honed. An obvious element of good public relations is having the ability to effectively communicate verbally, but don’t forget the importance of developing your written communication skills as well.
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