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, 27% of Office job descriptions contained admin as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

admin
27%
communication skills
20%
organisational skills
15%
pa
15%
office manager
15%
customer service
15%
office administrator
15%
microsoft office
13%
general administration
8%
health safety
8%
microsoft excel
8%
diary management
8%
administrative
8%
administrator
5%
office management
5%
construction
5%
receptionist
5%
property
5%
ms office
5%
time management
5%
filing
5%
microsoft word
5%
documentation
5%
general admin
5%
leadership
5%
human resources
5%
telephone manner
5%
office assistant
5%
executive assistant
5%
compliance
5%
crm databases
3%
property administrator
3%
accurate record keeping
3%
accurate data entry
3%
secretarial support
3%
recruitment process
3%
onboarding
3%
office operations
3%
business administration
3%
budgeting
3%
project manager
3%
coventry
3%
coordinator
3%
utility companies
3%
administration
3%
xero
3%
microsoft applications
3%
multi tasking
3%
prioritize workload
3%
ambition
3%
english
3%
organisation
3%
outlook
3%
polish
3%
sage accounts
3%
ea
3%
finance support
3%
growth
3%
iris
3%
personal assistant
3%
travel itineraries
3%
accounts
3%
office coordinator
3%
architect
3%
manager
3%
orders
3%
sage
3%
answering telephones
3%
databases
3%
admin support
3%
administrative support
3%
self management
3%
travel arrangements
3%
collaboration
3%
multiple priorities
3%
problem solving
3%
organised
3%
customer service skills
3%
front of house
3%
client liaison
3%
crm
3%
organization
3%
architecture
3%
ecology
3%
events
3%
flights
3%
receptionist duties
3%
construction industry
3%
data
3%
office manger
3%
financial services
3%
office administration
3%
data entry
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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