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

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Assistant Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 30% of Assistant job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
30%
administrator
23%
administrative support
20%
microsoft office
17%
communication skills
13%
administration
13%
commercial awareness
10%
outlook
10%
invoicing
10%
organisational skills
10%
data entry
10%
admin
10%
telephone manner
10%
secretarial support
7%
office administration
7%
administrative
7%
microsoft excel
7%
purchase order
7%
general administrative
7%
accounts payable
7%
accounts assistant
7%
utilities
7%
quantity surveying
7%
receptionist
7%
pa
7%
appointment making
4%
general administration
4%
medical communications
4%
appointments
4%
scanning
4%
helpdesk
4%
office assistant
4%
personal assistant
4%
reception
4%
clerical
4%
commercial
4%
planner
4%
typing
4%
market research
4%
research
4%
researching
4%
analysis
4%
laboratory
4%
microsoft
4%
ms excel
4%
ms programs
4%
communication
4%
graduate
4%
office admin
4%
access
4%
positive personality
4%
crm
4%
executive team
4%
interpersonal skills
4%
stakeholder management
4%
sap
4%
diary management
4%
logistics
4%
accurate record keeping
4%
client services
4%
computer literate
4%
fast learner
4%
financial services
4%
flexible approach
4%
team secretary
4%
reliable
4%
general office work
4%
marketing
4%
photocopying
4%
receptionist duties
4%
office support
4%
operations
4%
parts
4%
planning
4%
procurement
4%
scheduling
4%
warehouse operations
4%
team assistant
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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