Administrative Assistant Application Essay

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I am interested in the Administrative Assistant position in your department at the CMBN. After searching for opportunities, I came across this job posting and was very intrigued. This position offers me the opportunity to use the business skills I possess, while allowing me to become acquainted with a new field of study such as Neuroscience. Reading how the studies help understand the healthy brain, and the numerous neurological diseases that affect it. Providing administrative support for CMBN’s daily operations for faculty, staff, investigators, and students, would be very exciting, and I would love to become a part of your team. It would also prepare me for my own path, while being able to view tasks from a different prospective. With my Associate's in Business from Hudson County Community College, where I graduated Magna Cum Laude, …show more content…

Those duties included coordinating train operators, bus drivers, and other essential project personnel. That afforded me the opportunity to develop my interpersonal skills, to work and make decisions at a fast pace, as well as giving me experience working with a team of my peers and various other age groups. I was able to divide work up amongst the group/groups to maximize our time together and promote collaboration. I learned when to lead, and when to let others more equipped to lead, and when to follow an order to make the session most productive for the entire group. This past year I work as a R.I.S.E. Advisor through the school, where I helped the coordinator of the program update and manage the database of High School seniors we worked with, tracking their progress throughout the year. Also, personally helping students fill out applications to colleges, helping them navigate the FAFSA website, and even develop resumes, just to name a

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