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

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Assistant Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 36% of Assistant job descriptions contained admin as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

admin
36%
administrative
32%
administrative support
29%
customer service
20%
communication skills
16%
microsoft office
16%
data entry
12%
general administration
12%
microsoft excel
12%
administration
12%
word
12%
excel
12%
data processing
12%
data
12%
call handling
12%
law
8%
plant
8%
legal
8%
organisational skills
8%
general administrative
8%
vehicle
8%
general admin
8%
coordinator
8%
finance admin
4%
utilities
4%
answering telephones
4%
fleet
4%
typing
4%
law firm
4%
schedule
4%
computer literate
4%
crm
4%
microsoft word
4%
accounts assistant
4%
receptionist duties
4%
sage
4%
administrator
4%
hire
4%
planner
4%
client services
4%
calls
4%
automotive industry
4%
customer services
4%
processing invoices
4%
sales administration
4%
customer support
4%
dental care
4%
dental industry
4%
apple
4%
sutton coldfield
4%
service levels
4%
finance
4%
sage line
4%
jewellery
4%
luxury
4%
polishing
4%
stock control
4%
stock management
4%
birmingham
4%
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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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