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Administrative Support Specialist Skills Assessment

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Admin and Office

Administrative Support Specialist Skills Assessment

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Questions
9
DocumentMultiple ChoiceSpreadsheetTextVideo
Skills
3
AdministrationAttention To DetailCommunication
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Assessment Summary
An Administrative Support Specialist is responsible for providing office support to an office or teams within an office environment. Usually with emphasis on composition, editing and production typing; including the preparation of charts, brochures, instructional materials, flip charts, flyers, newsletters, correspondence and reports.
Skills tested in this assessment
The skills tested in this skills assessment for an Administrative Support Specialist included determining whether the candidate can be creative when developing documents, has a high level of attention to details and if they are able to communicate well with all levels of clients/colleagues both written and verbally
What to test with this assessment
You can expect to learn if the candidate and deal with confrontation and articulate themselves appropriately in a difficult situation. You will learn if the candidate has the writing and visual skills to assist with multiple administrative tasks and has immaculate attention to detail, ensuring a high quality of work is always being delivered.

About the Administrative Support Specialist Skills Assessment

Want to hire the best Administrative Support Specialist to help your business? Use our expert Administrative Support Specialist skills test to hire the best person and never make another bad hire.

An Administrative Support Specialist is a vital asset to an office environment as they provide assistance and support to teams within the workplace. They assist with administration activities to help the workplace operate efficiently.

This Administrative Support Specialist test assesses whether job candidates have all of the necessary skills to ensure all of the administration operations for teams within a business run effectively. This can include communication skills, attention to detail and administration skills.

Candidates who perform well on this Administrative Support Specialist skills assessment will have all the technical skills to complete any administration tasks required of them and ensure they are accurate and error-free. They will also have the necessary soft skills to communicate effectively with others on their team.

People that have strong communication skills are able to receive and give information to others in both a verbal and written form. Being a strong communicator includes being able to effectively listen and speak to others, allowing candidates to work collaboratively with other team members.
Attention to detail refers to the ability to diligently and thoroughly check over any work to make sure it is accurate and free of mistakes and errors. This is an important skill as it shows that the candidate is willing to spend time to ensure their work is consistent, detailed and correct.
A candidate with Administration knowledge and skills is able to complete tasks for a business and ensure that the office environment runs as efficiently and effectively as possible, overall maximising productivity. These tasks include scheduling meetings, completing reports, filing data and assisting business stakeholders.
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Administration

Question Type: Document

Your manager, Alexi Summers, has asked you to prepare a document that she needs to write a letter on. In the document, please create the template for the letter so your manager can write it. The recipient's details are: Joshua Zhu 123 Willow Way NSW
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Attention to Detail

Question Type: Spreadsheet

Bob thinks he many have accidentally used his private bank account for some travel related work expenses. He has given you a spreadsheet and asked you to check if any of the items are work related. Please go through the spreadsheet and highlight in yellow any rows you think may be work related expenses.
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Communication

Question Type: Video

Our client (Mr. John Smith) just called us and wants to speak with his firm's account manager (Ms. Julia Brown), with whom he has been working, but she is unreachable and not available under any circumstances until 3:15 PM. Please record how you would respond to the prompts (items in brackets) in the phone conversation. You: [Your greeting when you pick up the phone] John Smith: Hi, may I speak with Julia Brown? You: [Response] John Smith: It's very urgent -- can you go find her? You: [Response] John Smith: Could you please just go find her and tell her it's John Smith? She'll take the call. You: [Response] John Smith: This really can't wait. You: [Response]

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