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Hi my name is Pat Goodwin with Pat Goodwin Associates dot com. And today we are going
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to talk about how to find jobs in office work. When I begin to think about office work, I
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quickly decide that type of work in that area of work is some of the most important work
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there is. Finding a job in an office is based on the skills that you have to be able to
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be extremely professional. Someone who is a team player, who's takes the initiative
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to what needs to be done. And to be able to be responsible for the work that's been given
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to you. So how to find a job in an office would begin by looking and researching the
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type of business that you might like to work in. You might like to work in a real estate
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office or an insurance company. Or a high tech organization or a medical office. If
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you can focus on the type of office that you'd like to work in, then you can look in the
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newspaper online, you can look at a particular business online and look at under careers
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to see what types of position they are looking to fill. Another way of finding a job in an
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office is be able to go to temporary staffing services or a professional search firms. You
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would never be charged the fee for finding the job, they would help you find a job in
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an office that they have been contracted by the owner of the office, the manger of the
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office to find someone to work in their office. So you can go to the internet and look at
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placement services, employment agencies that are handling particular jobs that focus on
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office work. And in every city there are search firms listed under employment agencies or
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search firms that can help you to help find a job in that area. You would need to go to
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their office and fill out an application. You would need to fill out that application
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out entirely not say see resume. You would want to be prepared to take some assessments
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and testing in their office. They are going to probably check your excel skills, your
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processing skills, so I would be prepared for that. If you have a resume make sure you
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take that resume and often times you can apply online to some of the temporary staffing services.
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And as you begin to look at jobs don't rely on the search firm to find the job for you.
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But list with them and then maybe work from a temporary standpoint where you can go temp
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to hire in office work. The universities in your city or your area are always looking
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for administrative assistants in office help. You may find that working in the mail room
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or being in their IT department is still in the office. So whatever type of work that
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you want to be able to focus on and working in the office, there is so much research out
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there and so many websites and so many places where you can post your resume as well as
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begin to aggressively look for companies that you would like to work for. I wish you luck
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in finding a job in an office and that's how you do it. Thank you.