Personal Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Training

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Personal Assistant Skills List in Training

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Personal Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Personal Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Personal Assistant job descriptions contained pa as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

pa
39%
personal assistant
21%
secretarial
15%
secretarial support
15%
administrator
12%
communication skills
12%
microsoft office
12%
administrative
12%
admin
12%
executive assistant
12%
legal
9%
legal secretary
9%
diary management
9%
law firm
6%
conveyancing
6%
property
6%
receptionist
6%
architects
6%
highly detailed
6%
administrative support
6%
typing
6%
medical communications
6%
records
6%
office manager
6%
compliance
6%
secretary
6%
events
3%
meet deadlines
3%
filing
3%
flexibility
3%
eager learner
3%
teamwork
3%
information technology
3%
imanage
3%
urdu
3%
collaboration
3%
work alone
3%
agile
3%
contracts
3%
business operations
3%
limited companies
3%
data
3%
customer care
3%
french
3%
computer literate
3%
bookkeeping
3%
team leader
3%
spanish
3%
building management
3%
social networking
3%
office administrator
3%
minutes
3%
strong communication skills
3%
client services
3%
function
3%
part time
3%
business support
3%
financial services
3%
investment assistant
3%
senior administrator
3%
personal tax
3%
personal tax planning
3%
tax
3%
administration
3%
company secretary
3%
executive pa
3%
executive personal assistant
3%
personal secretary
3%
birmingham
3%
ea
3%
team administrator
3%
answering telephones
3%
consultants
3%
smiling
3%
young people
3%
office assistant
3%
clerical
3%
real estate
3%
driver
3%
organisational skills
3%
audio typing
3%
property administrator
3%
minute taking
3%
employment law
3%
litigation
3%
litigation secretary
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.

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.


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