administrative specialist

academic advisor

admission counselor

administrative coordinator

custodian

Lamar University

A typical day consisted of maintaining personal cash drawer, reviewing and discussing student financial accounts, applying payments, removing holds from student accounts and general office duties.  I worked in a small department with 5 other ladies who had very different personalities, but we worked very well together.  The Cashier Office of a university can be a bit overwhelming at times, especially around registration time.  There were brief moments of peace and those were truly cherished.  The hardest part of this job was explaining to students why there was still an outstanding balance on their accounts after payments were made.  It's hard for people to understand how accounting is done and payments are applied to their account when they are not the ones actually managing it.  The things I enjoyed most about this job was the perk of working for the state, we were paid monthly and had certain holidays off, we could wear jeans to work everyday, able to work overtime during semester registration and the school spirit during Homecoming week.

A typical day in the CRMA Lab at Lamar University starts with the door open and ready to serve the students and faculty of this department.  My duties include, but not limited to disarming the alarm system, turn on computers, making sure the rooms are prepared for classes, Dbase is running, tests are available and ready to administer to the students.  I enjoy meeting and greeting both faculty and students.  My duties include administering tests, monitor student assistants and testing room, directing students to appropriate offices, providing program information, counseling students, answering the telephone, making copies, and assisting instructors.  My co-workers are like my family.  We possess great working relationships as team players.  The hardest part of my job is reporting students who cheat. The most enjoyable part of the job is creating a plan to help struggling students push through and pass their course.

A typical day involved CFD modeling, data analysis, and report writing. Learned advanced ANSYS and OpenFOAM applications. Management was supportive and guided research effectively. The workplace culture promoted collaboration and innovation. The hardest part was troubleshooting complex simulations, but solving challenges was rewarding. The most enjoyable part was presenting findings at conferences and contributing to sustainable energy solutions.

I gained experience in data entry, creating databases, counseling students on admission requirements, gathered the necessary documents for enrollment, made permanent records for new and transfer students.

When I say Lamar University is competitive, I mean that your co-workers may feel intimidated if you are a person who actually spends your time working or volunteering for extra assignments to keep busy. You and your co-workers may work in close quarters, so there's a lot of gossip and back-biting.  When I worked at Lamar, I kept busy and gained a lot of experience in a variety of areas, so I had very little time to spend in cliques. I preferred it that way and I was eventually promoted to data-entry clerk III, and assigned special assignments outside the Admissions department. I love knowledge and multitasking and there's plenty of both at Lamar University.

Assisted Faculty, staff and students with password reset, email setup and wireless on personal devices.Troubleshooting lab PC’s based on university documentation, created tickets and escalate to technical support for resolution. Maintain, track tickets and creates reports of system utilization for management Performed maintenance on printers and computers and cleared print queues

I have learned how to work in a mixed culture, how to provide good customer relation, management was so caring about our education and valuable times, we were doing our maximum to provide the best service i can do.
My hardest part was how to manage tough time with multitasking during exam times, when 3 to 4 printers not working. and the best part is we will split the job in between and resolve it as a team effort.

Lamar University has many excellent faculty members and colleges. Unfortunately, in recent years, the highest level of administrators seemed somewhat incompetent and mean-spirited. There exists a negative and toxic environment involving "backstabbing" behavior and, sometimes, pressure to push what could be viewed as unethical practices (e.g. bloating enrollment with students who were ignorant about financial/student debt).
There existed a "protect the institution at all costs" attitude. Long time employees were terminated with little to no concern for their service.
I would counsel anyone seeking employment at LU to critically examine the sought after position and the supervisors they would work under.


Plan and put on events for the Fall and Spring Semesters,
Coordinate Student Organization Co- sponsorship, event evaluation,
money handling, reservations, poster/ flyer approval for campus posting,
Coordinates with students and staff to develop activities, programs, and initiatives
related to student life. Implementing computer lab rules and regulations, insure that
students have all that they need to accomplish their school work on our computers, and
complete all task assigned by supervisors in a timely manner.
-Working as a student director helped me a great deal; by allowing me to use
my creative side, leadership skills, as well as developing negotiation skills
and budgeting.

I learned to think and check twice before starting the assigned work. I acquired multi-task skills to increase efficiency. I also learned to always ask if I am not sure because if I made a mistake, I would have to redo everything and that would certainly consume twice as much time. My co-workers are very helpful. I want to help future student assistants with kindness just like my co-workers did. The hardest part of the job is taking care of AACSB because it is work that requires more computer skills. Checking consistency in all years takes time and patience. The most enjoyable part of the job is interacting with great professors and students. Talking to them helps my personal growth.

Here at Lamar University, I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant under Dr. Stefan Andrei. 

I am working on a Virtual Campus Tour within a team of 8 people, using Unity Technology and C# as backend scripting language.

Everyday is fun-filled with the team as we have to learn something new each and every day about Unity technology. It is very vast.

Being the oldest in the team, I have taken some responsibilities to resolve the issues and also resolving day to day problems faced by team. I try to manage the work process by distributing the work as per their efficiency and knowledge.

I got to work with some good and very well cultured & behaved people. Trying to develop the team-work in such a way that will not lead to at least a deadlock.

Human resources specialists are responsible for recruiting, screening, interviewing and placing workers. They may also handle employee relations, payroll, benefits, and training. Human resources managers plan, direct and coordinate the administrative functions of an organization. They oversee specialists in their duties; consult with executives on strategic planning, and link a company's management with its employees.
HR specialists tend to focus on a single area, such as recruiting or training. HR generalists handle a number of areas and tasks simultaneously. Small companies will typically have one or two HR generalists on staff, while larger ones may have many devoted to particular areas and services.
Some typical daily tasks for an HR worker include

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Administrative specialist 14 salaries reported	$31,598 per year
Academic advisor 5 salaries reported	$41,744 per year
Admission counselor 5 salaries reported	$43,960 per year
Administrative coordinator 8 salaries reported	$33,390 per year
Custodian 7 salaries reported	$27,283 per year

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