Administrative Assistant jobs near you
Administrative work is organisational load-bearing. Calendars, records, vendors, the thing nobody else noticed — done well, it's the difference between a team that functions and one that doesn't.
Typical pay: $18–$28 an hour, more in executive support and legal or medical settings.
Open administrative assistant roles right now (1)
What the day actually looks like
- Own the calendar, the inbox triage and the follow-up list.
- Keep records, files and data entry accurate and findable.
- Handle first contact for people and vendors.
- Notice the gap and close it before it's asked for.
How people get in
- Retail, hospitality and call-centre experience transfers directly.
- Practical Excel, Outlook and document skills are the screen.
- Discretion matters — you sit next to information other people don't see.
Before you apply to twenty of these
Most people leave a job over shift, environment or the parts of the work that quietly drain them — not over pay. Ten free minutes names those up front, then ranks these openings against you and shows the gap you'd need to close.
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Common questions
- How do I know if this job fits me?
- Take the free assessment at https://jobforme.app/assessment. It measures nine dimensions — dependability, procedure discipline, learning speed, coachability, work pace and variety, people contact, autonomy and direction, precision demand, pressure and stakes — then scores this role against them, including shift and commute.
- Where do the dimension readings on this job come from?
- They are estimated from the wording of this posting: what the work asks for, in the employer's own words. They describe the role, not any person, and they are not the employer's own scores.
- Is this job posted by the employer or found on a job board?
- The chip on the posting says which. A “Job For Me posting” means the employer hires through Job For Me, so your fit score reaches the person doing the hiring. “Listed nearby” means we found and summarised a public board listing, and you apply on the original posting.
- Does Job For Me cost job seekers anything?
- No. Seekers never pay and the assessment stays free. Job For Me is decision-support software, not an employment agency, and it does not promise anyone a job. https://jobforme.app/assessment