How did you get your first admin job? I began in retail, then decided to upskill with a bunch of free Microsoft Excel courses. And well, here we are.

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Went from being a nanny, to working as an overnight baker, moved to the hotel industry making breakfast, then dinners, then switched to the front desk for overnights, then days. From there I took a job as a typist writing up hand written Medicaid billing notes, and moved up in that company to billing manager, then AA, then EA. I was supposed to move to budget analyst from there and had CEO approval but my exec didn’t want to lose me and stopped it from happening (so I quit). Now I’m an EA/AA team lead.

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My first admin job came through a temp agency. I didn’t think it was going to be long-term, but the company ended up hiring me permanently because they liked how I handled the work, and I liked working with them.

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