Does Anyone Here Do Data Entry ?

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preachtokill1032

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Just thought I would ask what it's like and what I'd be doing because I will start a new job on Wednesday doing data entry at city hall. Just thought I'd ask what it is I'd be doing, tips and pointers on getting more done faster, etc etc and general advice on how to be good, if not the best at what I do because well, I have to admit, after going thru three other jobs in the last couple of months (two of which I royally sucked at) I'm pretty nervous about taking this one. I mean I've never done data entry, and I'll be working around pretty important people, and well, I'm very, very nervous and jittery. This is one of those jobs where you have no choice but to strive to be the best at what you do and prove yourself to your superiors and what not. So..... Any advice from you all on what you would do if you were me ?




Andrew
 
I don't do data entry, but I do work in IT. Seems to me like that kind of repetitive work sitting for 8 hours a day would bore me to death. All I can say is make sure you know how to type well, and know every keyboard shortcut possible. The less you have to go to the mouse the faster you wil be, and the more of an impression you will make on coworkers and bosses.
 
Find the balance between speed and accuracy. Speed is important in data entry but I always pushed my staff more for accuracy.
Don't let coworkers see you with anything bigger than a small slip joint.:)
 
I worked data entry my last year of high school, and much like gunfighting, "Speed is fine, but accuracy is final".

Don't get into the nervous rush, learn your pace and you'll find that being accurate ends up being faster than super fast, if you have to make lots of corrections.
 
Check your entries for accuracy. Learn to use the 10-key if you don't already know how.
 
Yes, I do data input. Not the most enjoyable part of my job, but probably the biggest part, so I try to do it well.

What you need to do is learn to use the number keypad on the right side of your keyboard. Practice until you can use it without looking at it, and you'll never use the number row on top ever again.
 
Gigante said:
10-key? please elaborate
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On a computer, that would be the numeric keypad, similar to a ten-key adding machine, so called because of the ten keys used to enter the digits 0 thru 9.:D
 
The Last Confederate said:
Don't get into the nervous rush, learn your pace and you'll find that being accurate ends up being faster than super fast, if you have to make lots of corrections.
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Damn good reminder and illustration of how I post. I slam through the keys and then go BACK and re-edit my mistakes... (There I just did it. Only one typo, but there I went... :rolleyes: )

Good tips. Good luck.

Coop
 
Good advice, first thing I did when I took a data entry job was memorize the 10-key pad. Really speeds things up.
 
Could be boring. Mr Jones of 32 Acacia Avenue comes into city hall and says 'me drains are blocked'. You end with a chit of paper that says 'drains blocked reported 6th Jan 2006', and you enter the details to 'Jones/32 Acacia'. A week later you get another chit 'Dynorod fixed drains 8th Jan'.

It could be worse, as it could be the figures for the 8 million dollar deficit the city is running in 2006.

Good luck anyway. :)
 
You mean there's a row of numbers at the top of your keyboard? :eek:

Much easier to use the one on the side, never take numlock off on my computer.

It's far better to learn how fast you can type and be accurate than just go for speed. I can do 54wpm and be 90% accurate. Or I can do 45wpm and be more or less 100% accurate. My usual method is setting the paper I'm working on between my keyboard and the monitor(yes, it blocks the bottom of the screen). Can scan back and forth between the paper and keyboard, and usually get it right the first time. Normaly I end up fixing a word or two over a paragraph. I do go through keyboards quite often though with how hard I type, but thats because my grandfather taught me typing with an old ribbon typewriter... I hit my keys hard, no matter how many times I'm told to go easy on em.
 
My first day on the job, and it isn't as big a deal as I thought it was going to be. I mean I knew it would be easy because really all it is is typing and what not, but I had a big time case of the jitters (I was given a second chance by the city, very rare unless you know the right people or give them a good reason to) I was so ridiculously nervous guys, you should have seen me, hehe. People kept on telling me to relax and to stop moving around so much.




I have to tell you guys, this is probably one of the best days of my life. I was faced with all sorts of adversity and indignity in my time between losing my job as an RC and today. I was a barback in a crappy bar, I worked security in a gay & lez club (I know I open myself up to a variety of jokes admitting that, but for the record, the ridicule, torment and humiliation my friends subjected me to because of me taking that job would make your jokes small potatoes) And my pride and ego basically took a severe beating all the while, but here I am. I'm back on top and I feel, well, good. I'm working a job I really like with good people. I am officially the happiest man alive at the moment. If you were all locals I'd invite you over to the nearest pool hall and hook you all up with several rounds and a table each (it's only a dollar to use the table as long as you want, as many games as you want) As a celebration to a new start. Thanks for taking the time to read this guys. These are good times I cherish and wish I could share with you all.




Andrew
 
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