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Business office assistant resume examples for 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a business office assistant resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in business office assistant-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some business office assistant interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some business office assistant interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a business office assistant resume:

  • Patients
  • Customer Service
  • Data Entry
  • Payroll Processing
  • Patient Appointments
  • Compassion
  • Financial Aid
  • Insurance Verification
  • Medical Billing
  • Patient Payments
  • Human Resources
  • Front Desk
  • Office Equipment
  • Purchase Orders
  • Administrative Tasks
  • Patient Care
  • Bank Deposits
  • Office Operations
  • Scheduling Appointments
  • Student Accounts
  • Accounts Receivables
  • Insurance Claims
  • Insurance Billing
  • Patient Accounts
  • Word Processing
  • Patient Demographics
  • Computer System
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Financial Reports
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How to structure your work experience

Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.

Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.

Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.

Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the business office assistant.

How to write business office assistant experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are effective examples from business office assistant resumes:

Work history example #1

Business Office Assistant

ManpowerGroup

  • Maintained and updated files, mailing and database systems.
  • Maintained lobby, copy room, and lunchroom clean and running at all times.
  • Cleared any blocking issue that might prevent Payroll to be done on time.
  • Performed data entry and address verification through computer database.
  • Processed Payroll for over 200 employees on a weekly basis.

Work history example #2

Business Office Assistant

H&R Block

  • Filed and tracked customer records Entered all customer data into tax database
  • Processed personal references, helped fill job orders, and dispersed payroll checks.
  • Designed effective PowerPoint presentations/handouts, working closely with senior management.
  • Assisted accounts payable and accounts receivable with database encoding to validate inventory.
  • Maintained excellent communication and support for clients.

Work history example #3

Office Clerical Assistant

San Diego County Credit Union

  • Provided entry and exit security for the local office of an international telecommunications firm.
  • Assisted the HR department in payroll, paycheck distribution, and Benefits/401K Enrollment.
  • Established and maintained the Reuters Southeast Asia s official Twitter account.
  • Calculated and processed payroll for all employees.
  • Assisted in Static IP/Mac Address replacement project to give same Firewall rules to users on migrated Windows 7 desktop.

Work history example #4

Business Office Assistant

City of Lynchburg

  • Utilized Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) when keying in medical information for employees.
  • Serviced 15+ schools as the primary contact for addressing inquiries regarding tax information, payroll deductions and insurance policy costs.
  • Assisted Payroll Clerk with collection and correction of time sheets for all locations.
  • Demonstrated excellent customer service by providing immediate response to client requests and thorough analysis of potential environmental threats.
  • Maintained payroll for 150 employees.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

Master's Degree in physical therapy

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR

2002 - 2003

Associate's Degree in business

California State University - San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA

2013 - 2015

Highlight your business office assistant certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your business office assistant resume:

  1. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  2. Medical Assistant
  3. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
  4. Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
  5. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  6. Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
  7. Dental Assistant (RDA)
  8. Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (CMI)

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