Hi Margaret,
Someone who has administrative experience either holds or has held a position with significant secretarial or clerical duties. Administrative experience comes in a variety of forms but broadly relates to skills in communication, organization, research, scheduling and office support.
In general, Administrative assistant duties involve,
• Sending faxes and emails
• Preparing business correspondence, agendas, and presentations, typically using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
• Managing documents and files
• Performing multifaceted general office support
• Sending and receiving documents for the company
• Sending out and receiving mail and packages,
• Managing inventory of assets and supplies, sourcing for suppliers (vendors) and submitting invoices
• Coordinating between departments and operating units in resolving day-to-day administrative and operational problems
• Operating a range of office machines such as photocopiers .
-Cindy