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, 26% of Assistant job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
26%
administrative support
20%
administrator
20%
microsoft office
17%
communication skills
13%
administration
13%
telephone manner
10%
outlook
10%
invoicing
10%
data entry
10%
commercial awareness
10%
admin
10%
organisational skills
10%
pa
10%
office administration
7%
microsoft excel
7%
purchase order
7%
general administrative
7%
secretarial support
7%
accounts payable
7%
administrative
7%
accounts assistant
7%
utilities
7%
quantity surveying
7%
receptionist
7%
team secretary
7%
personal assistant
7%
appointment making
4%
scanning
4%
helpdesk
4%
general administration
4%
office assistant
4%
clerical
4%
medical communications
4%
team assistant
4%
appointments
4%
marketing
4%
warehouse operations
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%
reception
4%
financial services
4%
executive assistant
4%
access
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%
scheduling
4%
flexible approach
4%
positive personality
4%
reliable
4%
general office work
4%
ea
4%
photocopying
4%
receptionist duties
4%
office support
4%
operations
4%
parts
4%
planning
4%
procurement
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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