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Featured Administrative Professional Job Description:  Construction 

Current job title:  Executive Assistant

 

Industry:  Construction

 

Department:  Directly for President/Owner

 

Years worked in this industry:  Less than 1

 

Years worked in this department:  Less than 1

 

Special training or attributes needed or helpful to get job in this industry (or specific department):  No construction knowledge was required, however, I did need to have excellent support skills.

 

Number of managers and/or staff supported:  1 Directly, 43 indirectly

 

Typical work hours:  9am – 3pm

 

Weekends or overtime hours:  No

 

General salary range (Note: This is a general figure or range provided by survey respondent and may NOT be an exact salary in order to give survey respondent some privacy. Also you must take into account that the number of years worked in industry/department may contribute to this salary as well as criteria such as level of position and person reports to, required hours and geographical location.):  approx. $24/hour

 

Benefits (direct or indirect):  Yes, excellent. Company paid health insurance for employee, two company-paid beach meetings annually, tickets to various concerts, baseball games, hockey games, soccer games, various team building activities throughout the year, various family oriented events during summer.

 

Lingo you might hear in this industry:  Design-build; Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC); Superintendents

 

A typical day on the job: 

 

Positive things about being an administrative professional in this industry: 

 

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Type of workspace/office:  A desk outside the president’s office.

 

Primary responsibilities as an administrative professional in this position:  Maintain president’s calendar, sort/weed out mail and junk mail, arrange travel, prepare and maintain meeting files,

 

Top thing(s) incumbent admin would require of job applicants seeking to be her/his position replacement:  Excellent communication skills, excellent writing skills, excellent customer service skills

 

Office machines or equipment operated regularly:  Copier, printer, fax machine

 

Technology (hard) skills used regularly:  Computer

 

Critical soft skills:  Great writing skills (have to do thank you notes, notes quite a bit); good communication skills (email/talk to regional ABC Presidents);

 

Pace of this position:  Average.

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