Four Entry Level Office Jobs Perfect for School Leavers

These roles listed come under various titles so keep your eye out on job boards for little tweaks.

Social Media Assistant

Who: This role is for those that can’t take a picture without dog-ears and clouds.

Why: Who was brought up in a social media world? You! Snapchat filters, check. Instagram stories, check. Facebook Live Video, check. Getting to put these to good use, and earning money from them, is the ultimate win.

What: As a social media assistant you’ll be supporting the marketing team to connect with their audience. It involves managing the networks, planning the messages and communicating the company’s message. A role in social media takes your love of being in a connected world and introduces you to marketing and communications strategy.

How: Stay on point with new features and networks as well as getting to grips with professional social networks such as LinkedIn. When applying for roles and approaching companies, emphasise the benefit to them of your knowledge and experience in social media.

Administrator/ Office Assistant

Who: For the organised, articulate and bordering OCD.

Why: A great start into work and that can lead to multiple careers in the future. As an office assistant/administrator, you can gain transferrable skills that will help secure roles within human resources, personal assistant, bookkeeping, marketing, sales and more.

What: You’ll be responsible for filing, sorting, copying and data entry. You’ll gain experience in many applications including; Word, Excel, Email and industry specific software, proving very useful for the future. Other duties that you can add to your CV will include; letter writing, positive telephone manner and creating spreadsheets with formulas.

How: Put down the ‘Candy Crush’ during your IT lessons and pay attention when you are learning about Microsoft Excel and Word. A key role will be data entry, so start paying attention to how your touch-typing is.

Telesales Agent

Who: For the money-hungry, persuasive and relentless.

Why: If you are driven by money, have a knack for talking and aren’t afraid of rejection, then this role is a great start to a career in sales.

What: Telesales agents are focused primarily on the phone, cold-calling leads to sell products and services. You will be rejected, a lot. But you can also be rewarded, a lot.

How: If the idea of hard work= massive rewards inspires you, but you can’t string a sentence together, then start learning how to talk persuasively. There is plenty of content online. Books by authors such as Brian Tracey and specifically ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’ by Dale Carnegie are all valuable starting points. Get confident (not cocky), be ok with rejection and watch ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ back-to-back and you’ll be ready for a Telesales role.

Customer Service Assistant

Who: Those that are good problem solvers, enjoy getting involved in other people’s problems and attempting to solve them.

Why: Customer Service Assistant jobs provide the ideal role in interacting with the public. If you love to help others are a sociable, outgoing individual, then you’ll have the chance to progress fast in this career. If a career isn’t what you are looking for, then you’ll still gain a lot of transferrable skills for the future.

What: It is a large sector in the UK and can take the form of a one-person office-based setup through to a large-scale contact centre environment. Phone, email and live-chat will be your main conduits of contact with customers, who commonly have problems with orders, complaints, general enquiries or help with accounts. You shouldn’t take things personally, though, as they will be directed towards the company, not you as an individual.

How: Develop your communication skills. A lot of customers will not be happy when they call you, so getting good at resolving conflict will come in handy. Next time someone becomes irate or angry at you, calming them down using techniques in this article.