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

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Executive Assistant Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Executive Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Executive Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 38% of Executive Assistant job descriptions contained executive assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

executive assistant
38%
pa
32%
diary management
32%
administrative
25%
administrative support
19%
travel arrangements
19%
minute taking
19%
international travel
13%
general admin
13%
finance
13%
secretarial support
13%
events
13%
microsoft office
13%
admin
13%
presentations
13%
powerpoint
13%
personal assistant
13%
diary
13%
scheduling
13%
ea
13%
secretary
7%
general administration
7%
research
7%
reporting
7%
administration
7%
foundation
7%
customer service
7%
executive
7%
expense management
7%
financial services
7%
hr
7%
manufacturing
7%
assistant work
7%
communication skills
7%
coordinate meetings
7%
executive support
7%
time management
7%
executive team
7%
interpersonal skills
7%
accountancy
7%
administrator
7%
gatekeeper
7%
managing agents
7%
meetings
7%
office administrator
7%
organisation
7%
social media
7%
business support
7%
coordinating
7%
directors
7%
senior leadership team
7%
project
7%
contract management
7%
legal compliance
7%
organisational skills
7%
corporate events
7%
event management
7%
expenses
7%
private equity
7%
budgets
7%
director
7%
management
7%
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