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Office Support Specialist
What does an office support specialist do?
Duties and Responsibilities
An office support specialist can have various duties and responsibilities depending on the organization they work for. Common tasks may include answering phone calls, emails, and inquiries from customers, vendors, or internal staff; scheduling appointments, meetings, and events; preparing and maintaining documents, records, and reports; processing invoices, payments, and expenses; ordering and managing office supplies and equipment; updating and organizing databases and filing systems; performing data entry, typing, and proofreading; and assisting with special projects and tasks as assigned.
Skills and Qualifications
To become an office support specialist, you will need to have a high school diploma or equivalent and some relevant work experience or training in office administration. Depending on the role and industry, you may also need to possess knowledge of office software and applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Additionally, it is important to have communication and interpersonal skills to interact with different people and convey information effectively. You should also have organizational and time management skills to handle multiple tasks and prioritize deadlines. Attention to detail and accuracy are essential for ensuring that the work you produce is error-free and meets quality standards. Problem-solving and critical thinking skills are necessary for troubleshooting issues and finding solutions. Lastly, customer service and teamwork skills are key for providing support to others and collaborating with colleagues.
Cumbria (/ˈkʌmbriə/ KUM-bree-ə) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Carlisle.
Cumbria is predominantly rural, with an area of 6,769 km2 (2,614 sq mi) and a population of 500,012; this makes it the third-largest ceremonial county in England by area but the eighth-smallest by population. Carlisle is located in the north; the towns of Workington and Whitehaven lie on the west coast, Barrow-in-Furness on the south coast, and Penrith and Kendal in the east of the county. For local government purposes the county comprises two unitary authority areas, Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland.[5] Cumbria was created in 1974 from the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, the Furness area of Lancashire, and a small part of Yorkshire.
The interior of Cumbria contains several upland areas. Together they fringe the Vale of Eden, the wide valley of the River Eden, which runs south-east to north-west across the county and broadens into the Solway Plain near Carlisle.[6][7] To the north-east are part of the Border Moors, and to the east part of the North Pennines; the latter have been designated a national landscape. South of the vale are the Orton Fells, Howgill Fells, and part of the Yorkshire Dales, which are all within the Yorkshire Dales national park.[8] The south-west contains the Lake District, a large upland area which has been designated a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. It includes Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain,[9] and Windermere, its longest and largest lake. The county has long coast to the west which is bordered by a plain for most of its length. The north-west coast is part of the Solway Firth, a national landscape, and the south coast includes the Cartmel and Furness peninsulas. East of the peninsulas, the county contains part of Arnside and Silverdale, another national landscape
The county contains several Neolithic monuments, such as Mayburgh Henge. The region was on the border of Roman Britain, and Hadrian's Wall runs through the north of the county. In the Early Middle Ages parts of the region successively belonged to Rheged, Northumbria, and Strathclyde, and there was also a Viking presence. It became the border between England and Scotland, and was unsettled until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. During the Industrial Revolution mining took place on the Cumberland coalfield and Barrow-in-Furness became a shipbuilding centre, but the county was not heavily industrialised and the Lake District became valued for its sublime and picturesque qualities, notably by the Lake Poets.
