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

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Secretarial Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Secretarial role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Secretarial job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 35% of Secretarial job descriptions contained administrative as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

administrative
35%
pa
25%
microsoft excel
15%
minute taking
15%
executive assistant
15%
secretarial support
15%
microsoft office
10%
hr
10%
typing
10%
administrative support
10%
secretary
10%
meetings
10%
team secretary
10%
records
10%
medical communications
10%
professional services
10%
compliance
10%
secretarial
10%
office manager
10%
admin
10%
project management
5%
office operations
5%
onboarding
5%
recruitment process
5%
money laundering
5%
communication skills
5%
outlook
5%
diary management
5%
business administration
5%
reporting
5%
accountancy
5%
hard copy
5%
powerpoint
5%
sharepoint
5%
company secretarial work
5%
office management
5%
human resources
5%
budgeting
5%
accounts
5%
architect
5%
construction
5%
manager
5%
audio typing
5%
office administrator
5%
personal assistant
5%
clerical
5%
administrator
5%
legal
5%
consultants
5%
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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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