What does it mean to be proficient in MS Excel? -Data entry/Admin jobs

@Voices (153)
Singapore
August 27, 2011 1:34pm CST
Well, I'm looking for a temporary job in the Admin. office (probably doing Data Entry and other ad-hoc jobs) I've been wondering what do they mean by proficient in MS Excel... How proficient is proficient? What general features of MS Excel do companies usually use? Anyone care to share their experience in Admin. office?
3 responses
@la_chique (1498)
27 Aug 11
I would expect that at minimum you should know how to change the formatting, so that would include making text bold, changing the font type and size, creating borders, changing the colors of the background and text, manipulating columns and rows and creating sheets. You might need to know how to do formulas and calculations, and probably how to come up with charts. At worst, they might need you to know how to do macros. If you get the job, and need a hand with anything, feel free to add me and ask me anything, as I am very proficient in Excel. I even do the training for it at my work.
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@Voices (153)
• Singapore
29 Aug 11
Oh, okay! Thank you! :) That's very helpful of you! ^^
@la_chique (1498)
30 Aug 11
You are quite welcome. If you need any certifications you can get some for free at www.alison.com there is a lot of excel and office related material on there.
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
19 Jan 12
hi, actually i am employed in a telecom company here in my country as an encoder and cashier,and we usually used excel in reports and data we input,part of my work is to consolidate all data i gathered from different branches and create a pivot and sorted them all,we also applied some computation and formulas to summarize the data we input.
• United States
11 Apr 12
I may have shot my own self in the foot on my job interview. I was asked "out of 1-10" how are you in excel. I said 8 when I know I am about a 10. I know how to create new sheets, insert charts, tables. I even know how to set up some conditions and print out reports. I have a degree in computer science in which I just completed 2011. I should have gave myself more credit. The interviewer seem very please with my resume and hopefully consider with all my other computer skills that what I don't know in excel I will be able to easily learn it quickly. That is true I know how to learn steps in almost all the software application. I just received a score of 100 in MS Access. Now you know everyone hates Access
@webgirl01 (689)
• United States
3 Sep 11
Hi there! I wish you good luck on your job search for admin. In regards to your question about being proficient in MS Excel, it means you must have a strong knowledge or use of MS Excel. You must have the strong knowledge or aptitude or skill in use of Excel. Just ask your self, how familiar are you with using Excel? Do you know how to use Excel? Are beginner, intermediate or advanced on using excel? Proficient , i think is also skill level. So if you must be proficient in Excel, you must be familiar and good with using excel. Maybe you can try doing an excel test or something. The general features of MS Excel that company do use, well you must know how to do spreadsheets, calculations, and imput data into worksheet. Add or edit columns. I've never been experience in Admin, so I dunno. You need to know to imput data on excel. Anyway I wish you good luck on your Admin job searches or data entry jobs.