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

Share

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, 19% of Assistant job descriptions contained pa as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

pa
19%
administrative support
19%
customer service
19%
executive assistant
16%
administrator
16%
personal assistant
16%
ea
13%
communication skills
13%
commercial awareness
13%
invoicing
13%
general administrative
10%
microsoft office
10%
administration
10%
utilities
10%
quantity surveying
10%
outlook
10%
purchase order
10%
accounts payable
10%
accounts assistant
10%
team secretary
7%
data entry
7%
administrative
7%
telephone manner
7%
secretarial support
7%
organisational skills
7%
receptionist
7%
admin
7%
project coordinator
7%
office manager
7%
executive support
7%
board support
7%
procurement
4%
scheduling
4%
planning
4%
parts
4%
laboratory
4%
warehouse operations
4%
team assistant
4%
clerical
4%
office assistant
4%
helpdesk
4%
scanning
4%
appointment making
4%
general administration
4%
medical communications
4%
appointments
4%
commercial
4%
planner
4%
typing
4%
market research
4%
research
4%
researching
4%
analysis
4%
excellent organisational skills
4%
fast learner
4%
secretary
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%
operations
4%
financial services
4%
flexible approach
4%
positive personality
4%
reliable
4%
general office work
4%
marketing
4%
microsoft excel
4%
office administration
4%
photocopying
4%
receptionist duties
4%
office support
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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


Do you want
more job interviews?

Improve your CV's success rate by using these Assistant skills and keywords or scan your CV to get a personalised score.