| Developing a career synopsis for an office manager | | | | industry-specific tasks and terms is logical and highly |
| can be akin to an attempt to create a resume for a | | | | recommended. Finally, the office Go-To-Person must |
| mother of school-aged children. Viewed comparatively, | | | | blend creativity with honesty in expounding upon his or |
| the critical and highly diverse duties of both can easily | | | | her accomplishments. If you are that Go-To-Person, |
| be distilled down to a single phrase: "I do it all!" | | | | consider the following questions for purposes of |
| However expedient that expression may appear, it will | | | | highlighting them as possible scenarios. To ensure that |
| do little, on a career document, to secure an interview. | | | | your resume "SOARS," state the problem or existing |
| Office managers, then, can benefit by applying the | | | | situation, explain how you viewed and turned that into |
| same general methodology to the writing of their | | | | an opportunity, and elucidate the ensuing impact that |
| resumes as they bring to the business environment: | | | | your efforts had upon the company. |
| organization, time management, creativity, and integrity. | | | | Did you... |
| In organizing office manager resumes, candidates will | | | | - Need to locate new real estate as a result of a |
| wish to approach their tasks in terms of overall skill | | | | company expansion or downsizing? |
| sets; for example, bookkeeping and associated | | | | - Staff the new location; in so doing, did you |
| financial duties (accounts payable, accounts receivable, | | | | reconfigure job duties so as to consolidate functions |
| collection of outstanding debts, development of | | | | and realize cost savings? |
| general-purpose financial statements), human | | | | - Identify a less expensive health benefits plan that |
| resources (employee training, administration of health | | | | satisfied managements' cost containment initiative while |
| benefits programs, execution of the payroll function), | | | | still providing the employees with a reasonable amount |
| purchasing (inventory control, vendor selection and | | | | of coverage? Did you... |
| negotiation), document production (authoring of | | | | - Establish, systematize, or improve a process or |
| business correspondence, maintenance of | | | | procedure? |
| spreadsheet data, generation of various reports), and | | | | - Achieve quantifiable results (i.e. Instituted and |
| supervision and motivation of support staff. | | | | implemented measures that reduced the accounts |
| Viewed as interrelated job functions, applicants can | | | | receivable cycle from an average of 60 days to an |
| then apply sound time management abilities to the | | | | average of 30)? |
| development of their career documents. Understanding | | | | Did you... |
| that employers are compelled to maximize their time | | | | - Research and recommend the acquisition of a new |
| and energy in locating qualified personnel, candidates | | | | software application that enhanced productivity? |
| can refine their responsibilities on office manager | | | | - If so, how, and by how much? |
| resumes into succinct, meaningful phrases. | | | | By approaching office manager resumes in this vein, a |
| Simultaneously, office professionals can capitalize upon | | | | professional can present oneself as a diligent, |
| the rich tapestry of keywords engendered by their | | | | resourceful employee whose talent is as essential to |
| multifaceted roles. If one intends to seek employment | | | | the daily operation of the business as it is to its |
| within his own industry, the integration of | | | | long-term growth and success. |