Online Class: Become an Admin Assistant

Course Lessons

• Lesson One : Job Overview

  Consider becoming an administrative assistant. Could it be a good way for you to enter the corporate world? Yes, but do you know exactly what administrative assistants are and what they do?

• Lesson 2 : Job Duties and Skills

  The U.S. Department of Labor defines administrative assistants as those being responsible for a variety of administrative and clerical duties necessary to run an organization efficiently.

• Lesson 3 : Doing Your Job Properly

  Does everyone aim to do his or her job properly? No. Put it this way, whether someone does or does not really does not matter to a large percentage of the population, just as long as the pay comes at the end of the week/fortnight, etc.

• Lesson 4 : Be On Top Of Daily Routines

  Naturally enough, an administrative assistant's office conditions and setup will vary depending to a degree on where and how the employer is set up.

• Lesson 5 : Be Prepared for Diversity

  'Diversity' is the assortment, range, variety, and multiplicity of tasks that an administrative assistant is likely to need to handle at one time or another in the workplace.

• Lesson 6 : Translating "Doing" Into "Teaching" Those Administrative Assistant Skills

  Why would you be involved with teaching the administrative assistant skills and responsibilities involved in your particular job to someone else?

• Lesson 7 : Teaching Those VIP Skills

  Good communication skills are critical to anyone's success in business and possibly even more so in the case of an administrative assistant.

• Lesson 8 : How To Develop Good Working Relationships

  Good working relationships within a company can make all the difference to whether you enjoy your work as an administrative assistant. They also can be a deciding factor as to whether you are successful and to what degree you are so.

• Lesson 9 : Changing Workforces

  Those who have been working for all that time or who are returning to the workforce would notice the multitude of technical changes to working equipment, systems, and methods.

• Lesson 10 : Building Self-esteem, Self-confidence & Assertiveness in Yourself & Others

  Self-esteem, self-confidence, and assertiveness are all different facets of someone's personality and character traits.

• Lesson 11 : What Exactly Is a Virtual Assistant and How Do I Become One

  Over the last decade or so, the expression to "work virtually" has been taken to define someone who simply works from home, but it means so much more than that.

• Lesson 12 : Just Another Job Or Is The VA Really Self-employed?

  Virtual assistants, or VAs as they are more frequently called, are definitely self-employed professionals.

• Lesson 13 : Necessary Marketing Tools And "Bits & Pieces"

  Before commencing any marketing of your new virtual assistant business, you need a complete plan of action. This includes a business plan.

• References/Resources

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