Career Tracks: Administrative Office Technology
Career Tracks: Administrative Office Technology
Administrative assistants perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks to assist professional staff members and to maintain smooth and efficient office operation.
They monitor day-to-day office operations and set up and maintain schedules. In addition, they operate a variety of office machines and equipment to process and facilitate internal and external correspondence.
Duties
Graduates in this field may be required to:
- perform a variety of clerical tasks
- prepare letters, memos, invoices, legal documents and manuscripts using computerized equipment and software
- answer telephones, take messages, schedule appointments, greet visitors
- open and classify mail
- take and transcribe dictation
- take notes during business meetings and conferences
- maintain business files
- make travel, restaurant and other reservations as needed
- operate office machines
- may supervise other clerical workers
Working Conditions
Graduates in this field commonly experience:
- work inside; office environment
- work under direct supervision
- work in cooperation with other people
- perform a variety of duties
- work under stress to meet schedule deadlines
- generate considerable paperwork
- may require some overtime / night / weekend hours
Physical Demands
- sedentary
- general moving about an office environment
- light lifting (boxes of papers, files, etc.)
Characteristics & Temperament
Graduates in this field should have:
- ability to make generalizations, evaluations or decisions
- ability to deal well with people
- ability to work well within established guidelines / policy
- ability to change from one task to another while maintaining composure and efficiency
- ability to handle stress
- ability to resolve conflicts competently
- ability to do what is necessary to get the job done
- good communication skills - writing and speaking
- ability to work with machines (computers, etc.)
- ability to "catch on" quickly
- ability to follow directions
- attention to details
- good motor coordination (hand / eye coordination, manual dexterity, accurate and swift movement)
- flexibility and adaptability
- self-discipline; self-motivation
- ability to think independently
Employment Outlook
Employment statistics for 2014 - 2016 PTC graduates, who found jobs in this field, are as follows:
- salary averages according to the US Department of Labor for various Administrative Office Technology careers may be viewed at: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/office-and-administrative-support/home.htm.
- 91% placement rate for 2014 - 2016 graduates
- experience may lead to advancement within a company
- entry level positions: administrative assistant, legal secretary, medical secretary, bookkeeper, teller, data entry clerk, typist, librarian, office manager, accountant assistant, telemarketer, office assistant, customer service representative
- employment in cities and towns of all sizes
- self-employment
- secretarial services / "temporary" agencies
Employers
Some recent graduates have found work at:
- Abbeville Area Medical Center
- Abbeville Seaboard Federal Credit Union
- Advance America
- Ala's
- American Cancer Society
- Amick Farms
- AnMed Health
- Bank of America
- BB&T
- Bi-Lo
- Blue Ridge Companies
- Burger King
- Calhoun Falls Charter School
- Capsugel
- Carolina Health Systems
- Carolina Medical Weight Management
- Carolina Packaging
- Charter Communications
- Check Into Cash
- Cole Law Firm
- Community Long-Term Care
- Connie Maxwell Children's Home
- County Bank
- Davis and Floyd
- Department of Transportation
- Edgefield County Hospital
- Emerald Credit Association FCU
- Family Dollar
- First Citizens Bank
- Fiserv
- Founders Federal Credit Union
- Fuji Photo Film
- General Information Services
- Georgia-Pacific
- GLEAMNS
- Greenville Hospital System
- Greenwood County
- Greenwood Genetic Center
- Greenwood Internal Medicine
- Greenwood Music
- Greenwood OB/GYN
- Greenwood Packing Plant
- Greenwood School District 50
- Greenwood Surgical Associates
- H & R Block
- HospiceCare of The Piedmont
- Howe & Rice Attorneys
- IDEAL HR
- InSite Support Services
- Jackson Hewitt
- Josten's
- JW Yonce and Sons Farms
- Key Benefit Administrators
- Kimura
- Kinard Control Systems
- Laurens County Health Care System
- Laurens Electric Co-Op
- Laurens School District 55
- Laurens Sheriffs Department
- Lexington Extended Care
- Lexington Medical Center
- M & M Income Tax
- McCormick School District
- McDonald Patrick Law Firm
- Medical Services of America
- Milliken & Co.
- Montgomery Center
- Montgomery Eye Associates
- Moore Center for Orthopedics
- New Haven Apartments
- Newberry County Memorial Hospital
- Newberry County School District
- OneMain Financial
- Ouzts-Tinney Chiropractic & Spinal Rehabilitation
- Palmetto Dental Associates
- Park Seed
- Pathology Services Associates, LLC
- Piedmont Cardiology
- Piedmont Health Group
- Piedmont Pediatrics
- Piedmont Rural Telephone Company
- Piedmont Technical College
- Pinner Clinic
- Provident Community Bank
- PSA Medical Billing
- Quest Diagnostics
- Randall Williams, Attorney
- Red Lobster
- Regions Bank
- Renaissance RX
- RP Field Services
- Saluda District One
- Saluda Nursing Home
- Scott's Furniture Co.
- Self Medical Group
- Self Regional FCU
- Self Regional Healthcare
- South Carolina Department of Transportation
- South Carolina Medical Management, LLC
- South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
- Southeastern Freight Line
- Southeast Federal Credit Union
- Southern Urogynecology
- Spinx
- Stokes-Trainor
- Sun Printing
- Sykes Enterprises Inc.
- TD Bank
- The Law Office of Joshua Nasrollahi
- The Self Foundation
- Tinsley & Adams
- Titan Farms
- TitleMax
- Tower Pointe Medical Center
- Town of Calhoun Falls
- Trucast
- Turner & Burney Law Firm
- Twilley Seed Co.
- UTC Aerospace Systems
- Velux
- Verizon Wireless
- Vulcan Materials Company
- Walgreen's
- Wal-Mart
- Whitten Center