At last! A robust administrative support opportunity with a stable local company! I’d like to tell you about this temp-to-hire Administrative Receptionist position as our featured opening this week.
The client company hiring for this position has been in business as a distributor for more than 30 years. They are privately held, with majority female ownership.
Their approach to business is to surprise their customers by exceeding their expectations for quality, service, and overall product satisfaction. And they match this with their internal approach: affirming their employees through trustworthiness, loyalty, and respectfulness in their day-to-day business dynamics.
This position is open because the person we placed there in 2008 is being promoted to a different role in their sales support function. She has shared with me that it’s a great workplace with terrific people who genuinely like each other. And, from her perspective, the task load is challenging without being overwhelming.
Our client refers to this position as an Executive Assistant role. That’s because this employee does handle extensive contact with, and work for, the managers and executives for the firm. That includes arranging conference calls, planning travel arrangements, scheduling meetings, and so forth. It also includes detailed customization of their documents, from letters in Word to reports in Excel.
We’re advertising this as an Administrative Receptionist position to reinforce that it blends the receptionist function with the administrative support function. The hourly wage of $15-16 reflects this blend.
Tasks involved with this position include routine work such as answering phonecalls (within two rings), processing incoming and outbound mail, and sending product samples upon customer request. But it’s much more than routine. Their sales staff travels extensively and often works offsite. So the person hired for this position also needs to be adaptable, self-motivated, and efficient in prioritizing a workload that changes from hour to hour and day to day. Since this new employee will work fairly independently on these responsibilities to support the sales staff and executives, he/she will need to have excellent attention to detail, including correct business English demonstrated in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
This will be a temp-to-hire approach to the permanent position. The temporary period is likely to be 500 hours (which works out to approximately 13-14 weeks). Nice benefits available upon hire into their staff.
The happy news for this great opportunity is that our client has not given a 15-page list of criteria that every candidate must satisfy. They’re looking for a polished professional individual who answers the phone with a smile that the caller can “hear.” Plus at least two years of recent full-time administrative support that includes mastery of Word for letters and memos, Excel for reports, Outlook for email and calendar. Employment longevity is important to them, especially since most of their staff has been with the company for 10+ years.
For a more traditional job description, please see the posting of this position on our website. You may apply via our website. You may also send your résumé directly to: resume@franksemployment.com. Be sure to mention either the position title (Administrative Receptionist) or the job number (107497) if you contact us directly.
