0111 Administrative Specialist: civilian jobs and resume guide
The service source describes this work around preparing administrative correspondence, maintaining personnel and unit records, and tracking requests and supporting office services. Your assignment may have included only part of that work.
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Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.
Typical national pay$36,350–$54,300Median $45,010 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 2: some preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers.
Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages.
Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders, and address complaints.
Use word processor, computer, or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned.
Typical national pay$40,800–$57,670Median $49,280 · BLS OEWS 2025
Pay can vary by location, employer, schedule, credentials, and experience.
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Requirements and work details
O*NET Job Zone 2: some preparation is usually needed.
O*NET does not establish a universal civilian license for this occupation. Employers may still require credentials.
Example civilian duties from O*NET
Perform other clerical duties, such as answering telephone, sorting and distributing mail, running errands or sending faxes.
Check completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format.
File and store completed documents on computer hard drive or disk, or maintain a computer filing system to store, retrieve, update, and delete documents.
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General Office Clerk
Summary
Office clerk performing various clerical tasks, operating office machines, managing filing systems, and communicating with customers and employees to support daily office activities
Experience
General Office Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated office machines, such as photocopiers, scanners, and personal computers
Communicated with customers and employees to answer questions and address complaints
Maintained and updated filing and database systems using a computer
Compiled, copied, sorted, and filed records of office activities and transactions
Opened, sorted, and routed incoming mail, and prepared outgoing mail
Typed, formatted, proofread, and edited documents using computers or typewriters
Skills
Checking & Planning
Proofreading files, Calculating weights, Checking data for errors, Sorting mail, Compiling data or documentation, Preparing cash for deposits
Maintaining office equipment, Transcribing information
Tools and software
Google Workspace software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint
Open to
On site, Remote
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Word Processor and Typist
Summary
Word processor and typist typing letters, reports, and documents from drafts or recordings, checking for errors, managing files, and handling clerical tasks like answering calls and scheduling meetings
Experience
Word Processor and Typist
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Typed letters, reports, and other documents from rough drafts or recordings using a computer or typewriter
Checked completed work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format
Filed and stored completed documents on a computer hard drive or maintained a computer filing system
Printed and made copies of work for distribution
Answered telephone calls, sorted and distributed mail, and ran errands as needed
Managed schedules and set dates and times for meetings and appointments
Skills
Checking & Planning
Compiling data or documentation, Calculating financial data, Verifying financial or transactional accuracy, Sorting mail, Proofreading files
Hands-On Work
Operating office equipment, Storing records or materials
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What work involving preparing administrative correspondence did you personally perform, and what record could support it?
For maintaining personnel and unit records, which systems, tools, materials, or records did you actually use?
How did you verify or document tracking requests and supporting office services, and what result can you support?
Within your Marine Corps Administrative Specialist assignment, what frequency, workload, timing, or scope can you document without guessing?
For this Marine Corps record, which training or credentials remain current, and which should be described only as past experience?
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Before
Prepared unit correspondence, updated the personnel file, and tracked the request to completion.
After
Prepared organizational correspondence, updated a personnel record, and tracked a request to completion.
Why this wording is fair
Prepared correspondence
Updated a personnel record
Tracked a request
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Structured guidance last changed: 2026-08-08. Source-verification dates appear with each source below.
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