Switchboard receptionist job description
Updated March 14, 2024
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Example switchboard receptionist requirements on a job description
Switchboard receptionist requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in switchboard receptionist job postings.
Sample switchboard receptionist requirements
- Familiarity with MS Office applications.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment.
- Knowledge of switchboard operations.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience in a customer service role.
Sample required switchboard receptionist soft skills
- Strong work ethic.
- Positive attitude.
- Friendly demeanor.
- Adaptable to change.
- Ability to work independently.
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Kelly Services switchboard receptionist job description
**Your next good thing is right here** . At Kelly Professional & Industrial, we're all about helping you discover what's next in your career. And we just so happen to be seeking a **Receptionist & Switchboard** to work for a client in Boston, MA 02110. If this sounds like the right fit for you, read on and apply!
**Temp to Perm**
**Schedule:** Monday- Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00PM
**Pay Rate** : $19.00 per hour
**Day to Day Responsibilities for a Sr Receptionist & Switchboard:**
+ Greets the public.
+ Distributes name badges to visitors, temporary employees, etc.
+ Schedules meeting rooms for all.
+ Answers and transfers calls from all over the United States.
+ Participates enthusiastically in company and community service events.
+ Performs light administrative duties.
+ Performs PC Support and Administrative duties as needed.
+ Acts as a model for Vision, Values, and Mission.
+ Builds professional relationships with customers and other teams.
+ Responsible for the timely updates of the following: Company phone and speed dial lists, Brag Board and Company Calendar.
+ Responsible for updating the automated messaging center daily.
+ Assists Administration or any other team when needed for various tasks (envelope labels, compiling manuals, etc.). Responsible for ordering, maintaining, and distributing promotional items for Promotional Store.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
**WORKING CONDITIONS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:**
+ Typically, an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of
+ temperature and noise level
+ Work assignments are diversified. Interpret, comprehend and apply complex material, data and instruction - prepare, provide and convey diversified information
+ Minimal physical effort required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically with less than 10 lbs. (e.g., papers, books, files and small parts, etc.).
+ Moderate dexterity - regular application of basic skills (calculator, keyboard, hand tools, eye/hand coordination.
+ Provides exceptional service to the business by greeting/assisting all visitors and answering and transferring incoming calls from all over the United States.
**REQUIREMENTS:**
+ High School Diploma or equivalent
+ 1+ years of prior switchboard experience.
+ Reception or security experience is a plus.
+ MS Office Suite experience, specifically Word and Excel.
+ Excellent organizational and communications skills
+ Excellent customer service skills.
+ Flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
+ Ability to lift up to 50lbs (assistance is available)
+ Required to also wear a mask at the front desk per customer policy.
**What happens next?**
Once you apply, you'll proceed to next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don't worry-even if this position doesn't work out, you're still in our network. That means all our recruiters will have access to your profile, expanding your opportunities even more.
Helping you discover what's next in your career is what we're all about, so let's get to work. Apply to be a **Sr Receptionist & Switchboard** today!
**Get a complete career fit with Kelly** ** ** **.**
You're looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we're here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
**About Kelly** ** **
At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center.
Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
**Temp to Perm**
**Schedule:** Monday- Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00PM
**Pay Rate** : $19.00 per hour
**Day to Day Responsibilities for a Sr Receptionist & Switchboard:**
+ Greets the public.
+ Distributes name badges to visitors, temporary employees, etc.
+ Schedules meeting rooms for all.
+ Answers and transfers calls from all over the United States.
+ Participates enthusiastically in company and community service events.
+ Performs light administrative duties.
+ Performs PC Support and Administrative duties as needed.
+ Acts as a model for Vision, Values, and Mission.
+ Builds professional relationships with customers and other teams.
+ Responsible for the timely updates of the following: Company phone and speed dial lists, Brag Board and Company Calendar.
+ Responsible for updating the automated messaging center daily.
+ Assists Administration or any other team when needed for various tasks (envelope labels, compiling manuals, etc.). Responsible for ordering, maintaining, and distributing promotional items for Promotional Store.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
**WORKING CONDITIONS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:**
+ Typically, an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of
+ temperature and noise level
+ Work assignments are diversified. Interpret, comprehend and apply complex material, data and instruction - prepare, provide and convey diversified information
+ Minimal physical effort required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting or carrying objects that typically with less than 10 lbs. (e.g., papers, books, files and small parts, etc.).
+ Moderate dexterity - regular application of basic skills (calculator, keyboard, hand tools, eye/hand coordination.
+ Provides exceptional service to the business by greeting/assisting all visitors and answering and transferring incoming calls from all over the United States.
**REQUIREMENTS:**
+ High School Diploma or equivalent
+ 1+ years of prior switchboard experience.
+ Reception or security experience is a plus.
+ MS Office Suite experience, specifically Word and Excel.
+ Excellent organizational and communications skills
+ Excellent customer service skills.
+ Flexibility and ability to work in a team environment.
+ Ability to lift up to 50lbs (assistance is available)
+ Required to also wear a mask at the front desk per customer policy.
**What happens next?**
Once you apply, you'll proceed to next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don't worry-even if this position doesn't work out, you're still in our network. That means all our recruiters will have access to your profile, expanding your opportunities even more.
Helping you discover what's next in your career is what we're all about, so let's get to work. Apply to be a **Sr Receptionist & Switchboard** today!
**Get a complete career fit with Kelly** ** ** **.**
You're looking to keep your career moving onward and upward, and we're here to help you do just that. Our staffing experts connect you with top companies for opportunities where you can learn, grow, and thrive. Jobs that fit your skills and experience, and most importantly, fit right on your path of where you want to go in your career.
**About Kelly** ** **
At Kelly, we're always thinking about what's next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we're a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits ?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center.
Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
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Updated March 14, 2024
Updated March 14, 2024