Improve Your Typing Speed & Accuracy
Typing speed and accuracy is one of the most needed skills in the 21st century. Increasing your typing speed and accuracy will make you stand out and hopefully get you a better-paying job.
All modern jobs and positions today require typing efficiency. This is one the easiest skills to improve quickly and we will help you be better than the competition. The average typing speed is around 40 words per minute (WPM) or around 190-200 characters per minute. The average accuracy for a typist is around 92%, meaning they make 8 mistakes for every 100 words typed. The desired accuracy for professional typing positions is around 97% or higher.
Click here to test your typing speed and accuracy.
Here Are 5 Practical Tips To Improve Your Typing Speed & Accuracy
#1 Use the correct starting position
When practicing your typing skills, it’s important to use proper hand placement. To start, keep your fingers positioned over these key letters (left hand over the A, S, D, and F, and the right hand over the J, K, and L). Almost all keyboards have a small protrusion on the F and J keys to make it easier to recognize those keys. This is important for two reasons; the first is to always return your fingers to this correct position, and the second reason is to have your eyes on the screen.
#2 Don't look at your fingers
Instead of looking down at your hands, focus on your screen. This can be difficult at first, especially if you have not yet mastered the exact placement of the keys. However, looking at the screen will help improve your accuracy because you will be able to catch your typos as they occur. You’ll also begin to memorize the placement of the keys and you’ll be able to type more quickly as you practice.
#3 Learn Keyboard shortcuts
One simple shortcut deals with typos. If you made a typo, and you need to use the backspace more than twice, there is a better way. Use Control (Ctrl) + backspace for Windows, and Option + backspace for MAC. This way you will delete the whole word! Click here for more keyboard shortcuts.
#4 Practice this phrase
There’s a short phrase in the English language that contains every letter of the alphabet: “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” Try to type this phrase without looking at the keyboard.
#5 Use online tools and tests
The most important advice anyone can give you is to practice, practice, and practice. Below are several online tools which you can use to practice and test your typing speed and accuracy.
Ali Abdaal is a master in typing, and he said that "everyone can be twice as productive as before by just simply improving their typing speed". His typing speed is 156 words per minute, almost 4 times faster than the average person.
After you took the time to invest in your typing skills practice what you learned by taking the same test you took during our application process.
Score higher and email HR@AlicConsulting.com with a screenshot of your new results and we will schedule an interview to get to know you a little more and hear about your improvement.
