American Indian OIC - Administrative Assistant

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Administrative Assistant
This nine-month program provides students with a working knowledge of office procedures, computer functions as well as scheduling and record-keeping practices to meet the requirements of administrative assistant, secretary, or word processor positions. This program includes an externship.

Requirements

Business Communication: 3 credits
Introduction to Computers: 3 credits
Keyboarding I/II: 6 credits
Office Procedures I/II: 6 credits
Human Relations: 3 credits
Technical and Business Communication: 3 credits
Integrated Software: 3 credits
Business Math: 3 credits
Computerized Accounting: 3 credits
Word Processing or Spreadsheet Choice: 3 credits
Software Management Programs/Hardware: 3 credits
Internet, Web Sites and E-mail Programs: 3 credits
Externship or Elective: 3 credits
Total: 45 credits

Placement and Career Path
Persons in these positions can advance to technical or management positions with effort and training. Job requirements usually include keyboarding of 40 wpm or more, good written and spoken communication skills, and knowledge of office software that includes spreadsheets, word processing, presentation, scheduling, and communication software. People in this field should like working with others, be able to concentrate on details, and be willing to learn new procedures.

Clerical and Administrative Support workers are currently the second largest category of workers in the Twin Cities. About 300,000 such employees are located in the seven-county area and make up about one in five workers. By the year 2012, the State Department of Employment and Economic Development estimates that it will increase to about 318,000 workers in the Twin Cities area. The total openings in the Twin Cities area are projected at 8,560 per year. Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants alone are projected at 500 openings per year. These workers are employed in all sectors of the economy. Graduates of these programs can expect to find openings in finance, insurance, real estate, non-profit social services, government, transportation, communication, utilities, manufacturing, public relations and other occupational areas.