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, 27% of Administrative Assistant job descriptions contained administrator as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

administrator
27%
administrative
27%
customer service
24%
administrative assistant
20%
executive assistant
17%
office administrator
17%
office assistant
17%
personal assistant
14%
receptionist
14%
secretary
14%
solicitors
14%
admin
14%
communication skills
14%
law firm
14%
administration
10%
administrative support
10%
microsoft office
10%
answering telephones
7%
general administration
7%
organisational skills
7%
computer literate
7%
accurate record keeping
7%
data entry
7%
data
7%
front house
7%
property law
7%
legal
7%
law
7%
client contact
7%
business support
7%
contact centre
7%
contact centre agent
7%
customer service advisor
7%
document management
4%
travel arrangements
4%
ms office
4%
microsoft excel
4%
microsoft word
4%
clerical
4%
diary management
4%
events
4%
finance
4%
inquiries
4%
management
4%
coordinating meetings
4%
expenses
4%
office admin
4%
commercial
4%
planner
4%
onsite
4%
communications
4%
customer service administrator
4%
customer service assistant
4%
energy
4%
general admin
4%
database
4%
office associate
4%
office support
4%
recruiting
4%
sales
4%
prepping
4%
quality control
4%
scanning
4%
telephone manner
4%
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