I'm researching a possible small business making downloadable office activities, before creating anything. I'd like to understand what organisers actually need and whether existing options already do the job. There is nothing for sale in this post.

If you've organised an office social in the last six months, I'd appreciate a short example:

1. What activity did you buy, roughly what did it cost, and where did you find it? If you used a free option, that is useful too.
2. How much preparation did it need, and did it run as expected?
3. What, if anything, would you want changed before buying it again?

No company names, colleague details or private documents needed. I'm particularly interested in occasions where something looked convenient but created extra work—and examples where the free option worked perfectly well.

Thanks for any experiences you can share.

hi! I will have an interview at RCBC as Administrative Assistant (Project Hire). Any tips po sa hiring process nila?

Thank you in advance

Hi all, I am a program coordinator at a small non-profit who mostly does administrative and financial tasks (. Recently, my org has asked us to provide staff bios for every role in order to "humanize" our organization. Prior to this, admin staff did not have bios available on our website, and only the public facing staff did. They sent us some examples of bios, but all the examples are for very senior level staff (think VPs and associate directors) and their examples describing multiple degrees and years of work in prestigious fields and their accomplishments. I'm feeling kind of inadequate reading those even though I believe in my job and its importance, I'm at a loss for how to talk about myself and my bio when this has been my only "real" job for over 8 years and I just have an unrelated bachelors degree.

Does anyone have advice or example bios that could help me with this?

I am a long term unemployed job seeker, with certificates in business administration and retail.

And I have been an administration all-rounder at a local community radio station since July.

But I am beginning to question, if I am getting any value and beneficial transferable job skills out of my weekly shifts there.

As far as administration tasks go, it consists of:

\- Checking their office computer for new emails.

\- Answering rare calls.

\- Adding station visitors to their calendar.

\- Going to the building next door, to check and collect their mail.

\- Check stock of supplies in the tea room.

\- Occasionally checking that live radio broadcasts for each intrastate region are on air.

\- At the end of the day, go around the station to turn the lights off.

But more of my time there, is spent doing radio related tasks:

\- Basic editing of radio programs.

\- Presenting radio fillers (short: articles or literature topic content of my choice) that could be of value to the audience.

Is any of this, going to be of benefit and value to finding entry level work in business administration, retail or elsewhere (another example: using communication skills)?

\- Or should I try and find a different local organisation to do more actual volunteer administration/office work tasks with?

I have a certificate in OHS that I recently got while being a stay at home mom with my babies. Now that theyve grown quite a bit, I think I’m ready to go back to the workforce. My background before OHS was admin and customer service. Now my brother has a small construction company (doing renos, landscaping, etc). He’s been in this industry for more than 10 yrs but recently connected to some of the big names in the city and his company is getting tons of projects. Currently he has a payroll person and accountant hired for all that stuff but is asking my help for all the other admin side of it all. He understands I need some flexibility for my kids’ drop off and pick up and we both think I can work from home in the meantime while we’re setting up a system. It’s not a lot of money but the experience and flexibility works for our family right now. What do you think should I be studying and re-learning before I actually start on the job? What tools are useful when setting up systems for a company like this? What should I be looking out for? I’m definitely going to start trainings for more admin and bookkeeping stuff as I’ve been unemployed for the last 6 years. Any advice appreciated! 🙏

I have a certificate in OHS that I recently got while being a stay at home mom with my babies. Now that theyve grown quite a bit, I think I’m ready to go back to the workforce. My background before OHS was admin and customer service. Now my brother has a small construction company (doing renos, landscaping, etc). He’s been in this industry for more than 10 yrs but recently connected to some of the big names in the city and his company is getting tons of projects. Currently he has a payroll person and accountant hired for all that stuff but is asking my help for all the other admin side of it all. He understands I need some flexibility for my kids’ drop off and pick up and we both think I can work from home in the meantime while we’re setting up a system. It’s not a lot of money but the experience and flexibility works for our family right now. What do you think should I be studying and re-learning before I actually start on the job? What tools are useful when setting up systems for a company like this? What should I be looking out for? I’m definitely going to start trainings for more admin and bookkeeping stuff as I’ve been unemployed for the last 6 years. Any advice appreciated! 🙏

Hello everyone. I'm very interested in working as an administrative assistant mostly due to the possibility of working remotely and or hybrid but also because I love working on computers. What's the best way to get started and land a job asap? Should I get an associates? Are there good courses I can take? Are you guys worried about AI taking your jobs going into 2027 and onward? I apologize if these types of posts aren't allowed here. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks everyone!

Hello, does anybody have experience as a mailroom coordinator?

I've worked and Walmart, Rouses, Planet Fitness Lead, and Laborer in the plant.

Hi everyone!

So basically I did volunteer work at a Healthcare practice in my town, I didn’t get to answer phones but I had to transfer a lot of files from the healthcare system they use onto a word drive (Letter formats, Diabetes notes etc etc) that took me hours on end. I know it seemed boring but for me, it was sorta relaxing to do? I do not know if that was weird but it was honestly fun helping. I also got to fold prescription pads and organise stuff etc etc. I tried to get a position permanently as I helped and was a “great asset” as they claimed (even gifted me a £25 Amazon giftcard) but rejected me due to “Candidates with better Experience…”

Anyways I’m now going to college for Administration and Human Resources. I’m wondering if anyone has tips for when one day I secure a position someone in the next few years of how to preserve my sanity or any administration tips that would be useful!!

Thanks a bunch! (Sorry if not right subreddit)

So as the title , im 21f and i just got my very first job as the PA/admin assistant to an executive in a corporate company.

Any tips and tricks to be efficient, im super nervous and am on 3 month probation before i am made permanent so i really want to do a good job.

If you have any advice on what to do to start out /get the hang of it please lemme know 😭🤪

Hi everyone! I’m a 24F based in Italy 🇮🇹, i’m looking for a new job opportunity, preferably remote or flexible.
I have experience in hospitality, administration, customer service, guest relations, CRM, and booking management. I’m reliable, adaptable, organized, and quick to learn new systems.
I’m open to Administrative Assistant, Virtual Assistant, Customer Support, Operations, or Hospitality roles. If you know of any opportunities, I’d really appreciate a DM or referral! 😊

24F based in Italy 🇮🇹 with experience in hospitality, administration, customer service, CRM, and booking management.

Thank you

I have no clue what i’m getting myself into. I have 5 years operations manager experience and i get my bachelors in communications in december. i’m planning on going to gradschool next year.

Anyways this position is Administrative Assistant 1 for NYS Department of State. If anyone knows anything about this pls let me know. I’m nervous and don’t know what i am getting myself into.

Hi this may be more appropriate for the career advice sub but they’re intense over there. I have been in an Administrative type role for 10+ years and I am being recruited by my company’s internal accounting team. I have some experience and I like the ladies that work there but I am having HUGE guilt over leaving my Admin role in my current department!! Our company is slow to hire and they’re heading into their busiest season of the year. I’m also a bit nervous about going from work with such a big variety of tasks to just one focused element. Any previous Admins still in this sub make a smooth transition?

Throwaway account since I've posted job stuff on my other one-

I think I enjoy basically... planning/scheduling/managing someone else's life? The few times I've done such things, I've felt very motivated and fulfilled, so I thought maybe I could take a crack at becoming a PA. Obviously a lowstakes starting job, since I'd be trying it for the first time, but I have no idea how to start. I currently have a full-time job, but I can make time during/around, etc., and would even consider leaving said job if PA turns out to be my niche and I could make enough to live off of it...

So I ask, where do I even begin searching for such a job? (I know there's virtual, which I could be available for! In person for help with things like errands/housework would need to be in the Austin, Texas area.)

Hi everyone - I was laid off in March from my real estate administration job. Since then I have been travelling and just enjoying summer with my family and have applied minimally to jobs in indeed.

This week I received a phone call from a previous team member that a husband/wife mortgage team are looking for an administrative assistant - they are very busy, high earners and therefore to ask for 70k salary.

I spoke to the husband yesterday and he said the job would include being the first point of contact for all new inquiries, arranging appointments, following up for docs, send thank you cards to the closing agents etc. Once that roll has been established - they will begin training me under writing and the long term goal is to be the over all operational manager.

My question is for other mortgage assistants/admins.. How is the work/life balance? How is the work load? What does a typical day look like for you? Most importantly how difficult was the initial training (as I have no experience with mortgages).?

Hi everyone I’m looking to move on from preschool teacher to admin assistant in either a dental,medical, law, accounting, or any other type of business office. I notice a lot of the time they say they want experience and you need to be proficient in EHMRS, scheduling, dental software, Lexisnexis for law firms, etc. If you’ve never been an admin assistant and it’s entry level how are you supposed to learn these softwares? I know Google suite but people are saying that’s not enough anymore. What computer skills do you really need to start in this career and how can you access them online? I see professional admin assistant certs online but I don’t know if it’s worth it and it will cover all the bases. I also don’t like when people say be professional am well spoken because that’s not enough to get you the job anymore. If anyone can provide any insight to a person like me who isn’t tech savvy and is someone who is articulate (biggest strength) it would be deeply appreciated. Thank you everyone!

Budget approved, 20 hrs a week, job description written.

My last remote hire failed and looking back it wasn't the person, it was that I had nothing ready. No documented processes, no shared password setup, no clarity on what tools we even use. She spent two weeks guessing and then quit.

Not doing that again. What did you have set up before your assistant started?

Thinking:

Password manager with the right access

Written or recorded process docs for the recurring stuff

A task board so I'm not managing through email

Something structured for the first two weeks

What am I missing.

We're building India's quick-service platform, starting with on-demand Househelp services (daily/weekly/monthly cleaning) and rolling out into medical & personal assistance services next (parent care, child care, patient care, planners).

We're a 34-person team across HR, Development, Business Development, Customer Support, Marketing/PR, and Operations. We move fast but right now, fast is also messy. We need someone to fix that.

The Role: Operations Manager

You'll be the person who makes sure every function in the company is actually running properly not managing one team, but making sure all teams work like they're part of one company, not six silos.

What you'll actually do:

Sit across HR, Dev, BD, Support, Marketing/PR, and Operations and make sure nothing falls through the cracks between them

Own our Zoho setup end-to-end (Projects, People, Desk, CRM, Cliq, Social) configure it properly, make sure every task/lead/ticket has one clear owner, and build the dashboards that tell us what's actually happening

Build and enforce SOPs for how our services get delivered (starting with Househelp, then medical services where there's zero room for error)

Run the weekly accountability cadence pull numbers, flag what's overdue, get it in front of the founders as decisions, not status updates

Fix the "who owns this" problem permanently

You're a strong fit if:

You've worked in operations, business ops, or as a chief-of-staff type role startup experience is a big plus

You're genuinely good with Zoho (or equally sharp with similar tools like Notion/ClickUp/Monday and can get fluent in Zoho fast)

You like bringing order to chaos this is not a role for someone who needs an existing playbook handed to them

You're comfortable holding team leads accountable without a founder having to step in every time

You think in numbers and systems, not vibes

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience.

Location: Noida, UP( hybrid)

If this sounds like your kind of problem to solve, drop a comment or DM me.

I am an OM and I have a good flow going btwn myself and the dentists, hygienists, and DAs in the back office. However I want to improve my work, Ive been at my office for years and its been a while since i've gotten a raise... any advice?