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, 57% of Executive Assistant job descriptions contained executive assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

executive assistant
57%
ea
33%
pa
30%
personal assistant
28%
diary management
25%
organisational skills
19%
travel arrangements
14%
secretary
11%
time management
9%
executive assistant to ceo
9%
executive assistant to the managing director
9%
communication skills
9%
minutes
9%
administrative
6%
administrator
6%
charity
3%
project coordination
3%
reporting systems
3%
faith
3%
c suite
3%
financial services
3%
office manager
3%
schools
3%
faith-based
3%
expenses
3%
team admin
3%
spelling
3%
international development
3%
administrative support
3%
team support
3%
team assistant
3%
administration duties
3%
inbox management
3%
critical thinking
3%
word
3%
events
3%
md
3%
executive administrative
3%
business administrator
3%
microsoft office
3%
pa duties
3%
business analyst
3%
travel management
3%
multi tasking
3%
management
3%
business assistant
3%
professional services
3%
project manager
3%
confidentiality
3%
administration
3%
c-suite
3%
customer
3%
confident
3%
ceo
3%
data analyst
3%
senior management
3%
interpersonal skills
3%
nhs
3%
minute taking
3%
admin
3%
organised
3%
secretarial
3%
office assistant
3%
proactive
3%
senior leadership team
3%
pa to associate
3%
excel
3%
adaptability
3%
executive pa
3%
pa to partner
3%
senior administrator
3%
grammar
3%

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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