From the course: Administrative Professional Foundations

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Organizational skills to stay ahead in the workplace

Organizational skills to stay ahead in the workplace

From the course: Administrative Professional Foundations

Organizational skills to stay ahead in the workplace

- One of the most essential skills you'll rely on as an administrative support professional is your ability to stay organized. Organization is your superpower for managing tasks and projects to keeping up with emails and everything in between, but it doesn't stop with you. You'll also be the one helping those you support stay organized too. If you serve in an office management capacity, your influence extends further. You're responsible for creating order in the entire workspace. Everything revolves around your ability to implement systems and processes that keep things running smoothly and efficiently. According to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, in collaboration with Citrix Systems, employees spend more than 25% of their time searching for the information they need to do their jobs. Let that sink in. A quarter of their day is gone simply looking for what should be readily accessible. That statistic highlights why strong organization skills aren't just nice…

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