Job Title: Administrative Specialist
Industry: Education
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Salary/Benefits: $33,600 / Net: $24,936 / Benefits: 11.9% taken out for ASRS Retirement, have a la carte healthcare where I take home an extra $20 per month, vacation and sick leave available as it accrues.
Employer Type: Government
Employer Size: Large; my school is part of 10 Community Colleges across the District
How Long in Current Position: 2 years in April
Highest Level of Education: Bachelors plus some grad school
Path to This Job:I come from a long, long retail history and sort of lucked out by getting in with the city government in my previous city. My now husband was moving to Phoenix so I applied to anything in Phoenix that would keep me in the Arizona State Retirement System and landed on this role.
A typical day at work:
4:30am: We wake up every day (except Sunday) at 4:20am since my husband starts at 5am and getting up with him that early makes it possible for me to hit the gym before I start work at 7:30am. After my husband is out the door I get my things together, feed the crying cats, clean the litter and head to the gym.
5:00am: I usually I get to the gym around 5am, work out for an hour, either running on the treadmill for upwards of five miles, or weight training. I get ready for work at the gym since my gym is conveniently located across the street from my job. I get out of the gym usually a little before 7:30am so I call my mom most mornings from the school parking lot to catch up on my way to the office.
8:00am: I drink a green spinach and banana smoothie every morning with hot tea at 8am like clockwork.
9:00am: When the weather is nice I take a break around 9am to go for a walk, the campus I work on is really nice for walks (when it’s not summer and 117 degrees).
12:00pm: I usually take lunch around 12pm but a lot of days I just eat fast at my desk and then go run whatever errands have accumulated.
My work flow ranges from crazy hectic busy, during the semester, to much more slow when the faculty and students are gone. Since I am an administrative specialist, technically a project assistant, my tasks range from outreach to budget reconciliation, report writing, data analysis and event planning and everything in between.
4:00pm: Work ends for the day.
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