Volunteer administrative assistant vs customer service administrative assistant

The differences between volunteer administrative assistants and customer service administrative assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a volunteer administrative assistant and a customer service administrative assistant. Additionally, a customer service administrative assistant has an average salary of $33,741, which is higher than the $31,657 average annual salary of a volunteer administrative assistant.

The top three skills for a volunteer administrative assistant include patients, scheduling appointments and database management. The most important skills for a customer service administrative assistant are data entry, purchase orders, and payroll.

Volunteer administrative assistant vs customer service administrative assistant overview

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Customer Service Administrative Assistant
Yearly salary	$31,657	$33,741
Hourly rate	$15.22	$16.22
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	62,712	93,535
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	2	2

Volunteer administrative assistant vs customer service administrative assistant salary

Volunteer administrative assistants and customer service administrative assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Customer Service Administrative Assistant
Average salary	$31,657	$33,741
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $38,000	Between $28,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Everett, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Uline
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and customer service administrative assistant education

There are a few differences between a volunteer administrative assistant and a customer service administrative assistant in terms of educational background:

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Customer Service Administrative Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Western Carolina University

Volunteer administrative assistant vs customer service administrative assistant demographics

Here are the differences between volunteer administrative assistants' and customer service administrative assistants' demographics:

	Volunteer Administrative Assistant	Customer Service Administrative Assistant
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 29.3% Female, 70.7%	Male, 10.7% Female, 89.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 3.9% White, 65.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 3.8% White, 66.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between volunteer administrative assistant and customer service administrative assistant duties and responsibilities

Volunteer administrative assistant example responsibilities.

Manage the receptionist area, including greeting visitors and responding to telephone and in-person requests for information.
Perform various office tasks as needed such as copying, collating, filling and computer operations.
Create the church's Facebook page and post content for all up coming events
Serve as a language interpreter in routine therapy sessions and also assist in stimulating brain activity in mentally challenge patients.
Provide cloud base customer relationship management with Salesforce for optimization in coordination of the workforce development program and other community orient events
Create database in SQL incorporating data from order systems to assist logistics personnel regulating product receive in the warehouse.

Customer service administrative assistant example responsibilities.

Manage customers' database accounts and records, perform customer verification and process applications, orders and requests utilizing QuickBooks.
Provide support to accounting personnel with data entry into QuickBooks and document processing
Coordinate with clients, vendors, lawyers, CPA, and other employees.
Edited/Maintain the official Herzing program and course outlines on the Herzing SharePoint intranet site.
Provide outstanding administrative support to the third partner, while establishing and coordinating overall departmental functionality of 16 staff CPA team.
Assist manager with development of PowerPoint presentations for prospective customers.

Volunteer administrative assistant vs customer service administrative assistant skills

Common volunteer administrative assistant skills

Patients, 37%
Scheduling Appointments, 21%
Database Management, 10%
Front Desk, 5%
PowerPoint, 4%
Administrative Tasks, 3%

Common customer service administrative assistant skills

Data Entry, 24%
Purchase Orders, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Scheduling Appointments, 5%
Front Desk, 3%
Travel Arrangements, 3%

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