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Mikayla
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What education requirements are needed to work in an Office Administration position?
Are you able to find Work with a high school diploma?
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Jeiana Lottie
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To generally answer your question yes you can and will absolutely find work with a high school diploma, not everyone has the resources to pursue post-secondary education and that's absolutely okay. Please don't allow anyone to tell you otherwise about not being able to find work pursuing your passion if you don't have a degree. To answer your question specifically here are some education requirements needed to work in an office administration position:
1. High school diploma or GED
2. Specific knowledge of the industry of administration and office software.
3. Organizational and communication skills
4. Associates degree is sometimes required, but might just require a certificate in office administration or a certificate in a similar field
Basically, you meet the requirements of having a diploma, however, you just need to have that experience working with the software and hands on knowledge about administration. If you have this as well as the skills required, I don't see anything holding you back from being a potential candidate. Although higher education does make you a more competitive applicant and are more likely to hear back from employers, if this isn't an option you should consider looking into getting a certificate in office administration or in a similar industry (beware that this path might be a bit pricey if that is something that you are interested in doing). I hope this helps.
1. High school diploma or GED
2. Specific knowledge of the industry of administration and office software.
3. Organizational and communication skills
4. Associates degree is sometimes required, but might just require a certificate in office administration or a certificate in a similar field
Basically, you meet the requirements of having a diploma, however, you just need to have that experience working with the software and hands on knowledge about administration. If you have this as well as the skills required, I don't see anything holding you back from being a potential candidate. Although higher education does make you a more competitive applicant and are more likely to hear back from employers, if this isn't an option you should consider looking into getting a certificate in office administration or in a similar industry (beware that this path might be a bit pricey if that is something that you are interested in doing). I hope this helps.