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

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Clerical Assistant Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Clerical Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Clerical Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 44% of Clerical Assistant job descriptions contained admin as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

admin
44%
administrator
35%
administration
18%
administrative
18%
office support
14%
office assistant
14%
data entry
9%
clerical assistant
9%
business support
9%
executive assistant
9%
accounting
9%
clerical
9%
receptionist
9%
senior administrator
9%
microsoft office
9%
administration clerk
5%
bookkeeping
5%
construction
5%
bookkeeping clerk
5%
admin manager
5%
accounts assistant
5%
accounts administrator
5%
operations support
5%
documents
5%
document controller
5%
office junior
5%
business administrator
5%
office administration assistant
5%
support administrator
5%
x
5%
personnel assistant
5%
customer-facing
5%
financial
5%
processing
5%
calls
5%
correspondence
5%
flexibility
5%
sales
5%
time management
5%
microsoft
5%
filing
5%
customer service
5%
government
5%
public sector
5%
administrative processes
5%
elections
5%
teamwork
5%
orders
5%
accurate data entry
5%
pa
5%
secretarial
5%
excellent organisational skills
5%
answering incoming calls
5%
diary management
5%
reception
5%
microsoft office suite
5%
scanning
5%
travel arrangements
5%
administrative support
5%
executive administrative
5%
records
5%
general admin
5%
office admin
5%
office administrator
5%
office associate
5%
personal assistant
5%
assistant
5%

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