Job Responsibilities
I work in law firm word processing centers. I am a temporary
floater who works whenever I'm needed and available to go to
work during the third shift (midnight to 8am). Responsibilities
include advanced functions on MS Word and Word Perfect including
formatting, styles, table of contents and authorities, outline
numbering, mail-merge documents, scan and clean-up documents.
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Job Requirements
Berkeley College of Business - Certificate in Intensive
Information Processing Program. I think they change the names of
their certificate programs. This school has a good reputation
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Uppers
I'm very comfortable with this type of work. There are rarely any times I'm
unsure of myself because most of the workload is similar, but it varies enough
not to be mundane. In a center, the workload is distributed evenly among several
people so no one person is overburdened.
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Downers
Sometimes attorneys are under a lot of stress and although no
one has taken this out on me personally, it happens. I've heard
that some yell and expect way too much too soon because they are
under deadlines.
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Lifestyle
There is not a lot of travel or social events. There is diversity and business
casual dress code because of the late hour.
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Compensation
Although the hourly wage is good, as a temporary, I do not work
enough hours under any temporary companies' payroll to be
eligible for vacation or benefits. I only get an hourly wage.z
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Advice to Jobseekers
Take advantage of temporary agencies free computer training. The
more you know, the more work you will be offered.
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