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

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Office Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Office role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Office job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 23% of Office job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
23%
admin
23%
pa
18%
organisational skills
15%
customer service
15%
office manager
15%
office administrator
13%
microsoft excel
10%
diary management
8%
microsoft word
8%
microsoft office
8%
general administration
8%
administrative
8%
polish
5%
crm databases
5%
ms office
5%
time management
5%
documentation
5%
general admin
5%
leadership
5%
human resources
5%
office management
5%
english
5%
secretarial support
5%
outlook
5%
sage accounts
5%
accurate data entry
5%
accurate record keeping
5%
prioritize workload
5%
multi tasking
5%
microsoft applications
5%
administrator
5%
compliance
5%
property
5%
executive assistant
5%
office assistant
5%
telephone manner
5%
receptionist
5%
construction
5%
office operations
3%
architect
3%
organisation
3%
ambition
3%
recruitment process
3%
onboarding
3%
growth
3%
business administration
3%
budgeting
3%
project manager
3%
ea
3%
finance support
3%
coordinator
3%
iris
3%
personal assistant
3%
travel itineraries
3%
xero
3%
accounts
3%
admin support
3%
self management
3%
problem solving
3%
flights
3%
travel arrangements
3%
collaboration
3%
multiple priorities
3%
databases
3%
answering telephones
3%
sage
3%
client liaison
3%
crm
3%
organization
3%
architecture
3%
ecology
3%
events
3%
coventry
3%
receptionist duties
3%
construction industry
3%
data
3%
office manger
3%
financial services
3%
health safety
3%
orders
3%
front of house
3%
property administrator
3%
manager
3%
utility companies
3%
administrative support
3%
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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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