Administrative jobs offer a great range of diversity and can pay handsome salaries depending on your level of expertise and the position you fill.  An Administrative Assistants for example will typically perform general office duties such as faxing, filing, answering the phone, copying, and data entry.  A senior Administrative job can involve huge budgeting knowledge and knowledge of project management and computer information systems, the emphasis being on acquiring a ‘fixer - facilitator’ rather than someone who just does the photocopying.

We thoroughly recommend that you always check the administrative job section as this is the area where most miscategorised vacancies appear.  Recruiters often incorrectly title vacancies within their organisations as Administrative; NATO for example insists on categorising Database Managers as Admin Assistant.  Oversights of this sort are usually the result of lack of understanding of specific roles within organisations.  The key is to stay flexible and prepare to have your skill set tested.

As a guide, administrators are usually efficient, courteous and responsive with good communication skills and comfortable using the telephone, particularly with the public. Well organised and comfortable with advanced filing procedures.  Duties will usually require a minimum standard of typing, word processing and data inputting skills as required. Other skills may include financial accounting, legal knowledge, inventory control amongst others, these are usually clearly identified in the vacancy