Overview
Administrative Assistant Jobs in Quincy, IL at Inter-Connect
DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS JOB if you can not answer a strong “YES” to the following questions:
1. ARE YOU RELIABLE? HAVE COMMON SENSE?
2. ARE YOU GOOD WITH MATH? MS EXCEL? MS WORD?
3. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH TECHNICAL INFORMATION?
4. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ACCOUNTABILITY? COMMITMENT?
5. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE TEAM WILL ALWAYS COME BEFORE YOU?
6. DO YOU UNDERSTAND LEADERSHIP IS NOT A TITLE?
7. ARE YOU PREPARED TO LEARN SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW TO YOU?
8. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO CHANCE OF ANY REMOTE WORKING?
9. ARE YOU COMMITTED TO WORKING FULL-TIME EVERY WEEK WITH ZERO, ON-GOING PERSONAL INTERUPTIONS? CAN YOU SHOW UP ON-TIME?
10. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE COMPENSATION IS NON-NEGOTIABLE?
11. WILL YOU SHOW UP WITHOUT AN EGO?
12. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE THE DOER?
13. ARE YOU COMMITED TO HAVE A LONG-TERM CAREER JOB?
Now, if you have made it this far, we are delighted to get to know you and learn more about your skill set and your personality. Here are a few more questions that are a little more specific about how this job may align with your personality.
Are you looking for an opportunity where what you do really matters? Are you the kind of person that recognizes that details are important, and that effort is irrelevant without results? Do you want an assignment where people count on you every day? Are your people-skills just as good as your math skills? Is your natural need to have things organized as natural as your need to breathe!? IF you can genuinely answer “Yes!” to these questions, then you may be a great fit for this assignment!
Ok. . . Since you are continuing to read more, we are guessing that you also may feel like you’d be a great fit for this assignment. So, we’ll share more about what you would be doing.
Before you are truly able to demonstrate your high-quality skills, there will be a significant learning curve that must take place. To accomplish the objective of this assignment it is crucial that you become credible with customers and field staff. Therefore, you will need to learn this trade from the ground up, beginning with project estimating and learning the basics of a very technically deep, code compliant, life safety trade. This on-the-job training is broad and requires an individual that is comfortable with their ability to self-manage their knowledge development progress and mature in their discernment skills. Are you willing to be “All IN” on this career path?
This assistant will be hired to eventually provide full support and assistance to the Project Cordinators with the understanding that you will be involved in many projects. You will be pulled in many directions and must have the professional maturity to handle the deadlines and high-stress situations with positivity and class.
This assignment is full of tasks that require you to demonstrate a high sense of urgency as well as requires those completed tasks to be delivered accurately. We are looking for a highly organized assistant that can be just as comfortable answering phones as they are in preparing a 100 line-item, 5-figure purchase order. You need to be highly functional in Excel and MUST have math skills – no exceptions!
To succeed in this role, you will have excellent time management, administration, organization, and communication skills. You will need to be likeable, while also being confident in stressful situations. Ultimately, your duties are to do the tasks required to ensure that all projects are completed on time, within budget and meet high quality standards.
Now that you have read this job description, only you can decide whether you are able to satisfy the expectations of this assignment. In the beginning, the job will not be easy. There will be days that you will feel way over your head. Then, one day. . . maybe 2 years from now, you will look back in amazement at how much you’ve learned and the cool projects that you have been able to be a part of building. Examples of those cool projects could be a new car dealership where you just bought your next car, or an elementary school where you just dropped off your kids! Either one, it’s fun . . . and rewarding. . . in ways that can be measured only through life experience. We look forward to celebrating that moment with you. Good luck!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $39,520.00 – $43,680.00 per year
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Weekends as needed
Application Question(s):
Do you have reliable transportation?
In the event you are offered a job, do you understand that the job offer annual salary amount, within the advertised salary range, is dependent upon direct experience with the job description?
What was one of the examples of a “cool project” listed in the job description?
How comfortable do you feel spending most of your days at a desk?
Do you understand that the starting annual compensation range for this job is: $39,520.00 – $43,680.00 per year AND that this RANGE is non-negotiable?
Experience:
Construction: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
Title: Administrative Assistant
Company: Inter-Connect
Location: Quincy, IL
