Administrative Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

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Administrative Assistant Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Administrative Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Administrative Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 36% of Administrative Assistant job descriptions contained administrative as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

administrative
36%
customer service
27%
admin
24%
administrator
24%
administrative assistant
21%
office assistant
15%
office administrator
15%
administration
15%
executive assistant
15%
law firm
12%
personal assistant
12%
receptionist
12%
secretary
12%
solicitors
12%
contact centre
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
business support
6%
administrative support
6%
data entry
6%
customer service advisor
6%
client contact
6%
law
6%
contact centre agent
6%
legal
6%
property law
6%
assistant
6%
front house
6%
microsoft office
6%
higher education
3%
management
3%
organisational skills
3%
scheduling
3%
financial assistant
3%
extracurricular activities
3%
performing arts
3%
accurate data entry
3%
computer literate
3%
communication skills
3%
onsite
3%
data
3%
commercial
3%
planner
3%
office management
3%
office skills
3%
phone skills
3%
prioritisation
3%
problem solving
3%
office duties
3%
outlook
3%
printers
3%
document controller
3%
excel
3%
purchasing
3%
diary management
3%
document control
3%
expenses
3%
microsoft excel
3%
team assistant
3%
purchase ledger
3%
sales ledger
3%
general admin
3%
office admin
3%
office associate
3%
office support
3%
general office work
3%
office administration
3%
photocopying
3%
receptionist duties
3%
admin assistant
3%
marketing
3%
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