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

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Secretarial Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Secretarial role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Secretarial job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 28% of Secretarial job descriptions contained pa as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

pa
28%
administrative
23%
secretarial support
17%
executive assistant
17%
meetings
12%
minute taking
12%
admin
12%
secretary
12%
team secretary
12%
microsoft office
12%
office manager
12%
microsoft excel
12%
legal secretary
12%
medical communications
12%
audio typing
12%
records
12%
personal assistant
6%
clerical
6%
administrator
6%
administrative support
6%
professional services
6%
typing
6%
hr
6%
outlook
6%
budgeting
6%
business administration
6%
human resources
6%
office management
6%
office operations
6%
onboarding
6%
recruitment process
6%
communication skills
6%
office coordinator
6%
commercial property
6%
diary management
6%
digital dictation
6%
eye for detail
6%
liaising with clients
6%
preparing documents
6%
corporate governance
6%
management
6%
risk management
6%
consultants
6%
money laundering
6%
accounts
6%
architect
6%
construction
6%
manager
6%
office administrator
6%
compliance
6%
legal
6%
secretarial
6%
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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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