To all you administrative assistants out there, how often do you truly use Excel? I have some knowledge with Excel but I’m not proficient because I’ve not really used it. I have used many other company software and I can usually pick it up fairly quickly. I have been applying for jobs but, they do say I need to be knowledgeable in Excel. I am taking a class on Coursera (unemployment is paying for the class).

Any help, thoughts or anything you can tell me is appreciated. Thanks!



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In my previous position, I used it every day. I had more of a chief of staff position, so I also had to do a lot of data reporting and had know a lot of formulas. Pivot tables, etc. Now, I use it, but mostly at a basic level. As far as formulas go, chatgpt is a huge advantage and can tell you what you need to know for those when it comes up.

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Thank you so much for answering my question. 🙂

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I use excel almost on a daily. However, I must say, rarely do I need the advanced functionality it has for the things I’m doing. Especially now that tools like planner and project exist. Those tools make it much easier to track projects and financials than it was in the excel days. However, I would encourage anyone to complete the courses and learn as much as they can about excel since you can use it in conjunction with so many other things like PowerBI and power automate to do lots of things from a reporting perspective

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Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. 😁

I honestly know that I am not as proficient at Excel as what I could be. I have a really good friend that is an Excel wiz so any time i need a spreadsheet she whips it up fo rme in like two minutes but I should really learn how to do it myself.

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