f you think you've encountered this ad before, you are correct. We have hired six people in the last few months and we are ready to hire again. This will probably be the longest, most honest and detailed, employment ad you will ever read on Craigslist or anywhere else.
We did this so that you don't waste your time coming in for an interview for a job that you know, deep down you are not up to performing.
We want to lay it out up front to you, what type of person we are looking for and what we expect from you.
If you are up for a challenging job that is as demanding as it is rewarding, please continue reading the rest of this ad and if you are up to the challenge we look forward to seeing your resume and cover letter.
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We are looking for hardworking, detail oriented individuals to be our Administrative Assistant.
What will our Administrative Assistant do?
Our Administrative Assistant is an integral member of our firm and is responsible for ensuring our office runs smoothly. Our Administrative Assistant's main purpose is to assist the team with scanning, copying and printing. Our Administrative Assistant processes documents that come through fax and mail, prepares files and packets for review, prints and delivers documents within the office, helps out where needed, and assists in keeping the office presentable
What are some characteristics that our Administrative Assistant should have?
You must be a positive person. If you see the glass as being half full, you are the type of person we are looking for. Our office does not do well with toxic or negative attitudes, whiners, complainers or victims, and you definitely will not fit in if you even think that you may fit into one of the above categories of negative people.
You must be competent and proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, and Outlook, at a minimum. You must also be able to proof your own
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As part of your job, you will conduct an initial interview of potential clients and get the necessary information from them to allow our attorneys to efficiently deal with their legal issues. As such, your ability to listen to what you are being told and ask follow up questions is very important. If you cannot listen, understand, evaluate and interview someone, this is not the job for you. If you are a Spanish speaker, that is a plus.
You MUST be able to handle working with several different databases of information. If you aren't 100% confident managing data and people, you are not the right person for this job. As an Administrative Assistant you will be managing paper and digital files, answering phones, meeting with potential clients, existing clients, working closely with other staff members and attorneys.
At times, you will also need to know how to figure things out on your own and be able to creatively problem solve and come up with solutions. Additionally, if you are above making a pot of coffee or helping out in another area of the office, this is not the job for you.
Our office is open Monday to Friday from 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. You are expected to be here during those hours, with the exception of 1 hour for lunch, a morning break for 15 minutes and an afternoon break for 15 minutes. If you think you can eat at your desk and leave 1½ minutes early each day, this is not the job for
Confident that the content of my resume will introduce my capabilities—and that the correlations between my experience and your needs will be obvious—I will use this cover letter to discuss my personal motivations, which will further introduce you to my unique interest in working to ensure this particular project’s success.
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For any administrator in the health care field they must always be aware of any problem that has happened and be able to fore see any problems that might arise in the future. The administrator has to be able to work with staff and keep them up to date with any and all changes to the way in which they handle patient information. As well as be able to put aside their personal beliefs for the benefit of the organization and the patient.
An MOA must be willing to learn different methods, such as working with specific scheduling and billing software corporate to most medical practices. As in nearly all medically connected jobs, attention to element is a requirement. A future medical office assistant can attend a training program credited by the Commission on Approval of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) to produce into a certified medical administrative assistant (CMAA). Certification will raise your probabilities of being hired, as most companies prefer the stamp of approval it gives. The Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) is a generally recognized certification for Medical Administrative Assistants. It shows your capability to accomplish routine administrative responsibilities in a physicians’ office or clinic to keep it running efficiently. Medical Administrative Assistants are also known as Medical Office Clerks and Medical Office Assistants. Certification is not required to enter medical administrative assistant business. With that being said, certification looks great on a resume and can help businesses have more self-assurance in your skills. It demonstrates that you have the proper training they are looking for and you will only need
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What experiences have you had which prepare you for this position (e.g perhaps as an employee, leader, or working with people different from yourself, etc)?
“It always seems impossible until it’s done”. This quote from Nelson Mandela comes to mind when describing why I aspire to become a Physician Assistant. It has always been a great motivation and inspired me not to get discouraged with failure; rather look forward for your goals. Frequently, it takes many trials and lack of success as well as achievements, for one to truthfully discover him/herself. I instinctively progressed through the motions of life. Many options were available and choosing a career as I grew up kept altering, until one day when I saw how helping other people is my sole purpose of life. Getting to know more of physician assistant drove me into the thoughts of pursuing it as a career.
When I was born, my family had just migrated to California from Mexico. In a new country, my father worked in landscaping earning less than $4 dollars an hour, while my mother relied on public transportation to take her newborn child to and from doctor visits. In the land of opportunity, my family struggled to put a roof over our heads. But never discouraged, my parents sought to achieve their goals and worked tirelessly to raise my younger brother and I. From a young age, I was taught the importance of education; this became a major catalyst in my life. My desire to excel academically was not for self-gain, but my way of contributing to my family’s goals and aspirations.
There are an abundance of character traits and skills that Healthcare Administrators utilize throughout their career. Comprehension and reasoning are the two most prevalent. You need the ability to understand through written and spoken sentences. Since communicating with others is the majority of a day in the life of an administrator, it is
I am currently looking for work as an Administrative Assistant with the goal of becoming a Business Administrator or General Manager in the future. I have been in the workforce for a couple of decades now and have had the opportunity to experience many different career paths. Administrative Assistants have a broad range of duties that I think would utilize and hone my existing skills as well as offer me insight into how different departments function; this combined with my work history would make me a great future manager.
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