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

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Front Desk Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
39%
reception
30%
receptionist duties
30%
admin
30%
data entry
23%
microsoft office
23%
office manager
20%
pa
17%
organisational skills
17%
administration
17%
communication skills
13%
public sector
13%
legal
13%
receptionist
13%
administrative
13%
interpersonal skills
10%
front of house
10%
front desk
7%
engineer
7%
helpdesk
7%
sales admin
7%
university
7%
word
7%
switchboard
7%
visitors
7%
front house
7%
calendar planning
7%
sales administration
7%
guest service management
7%
hospitality
7%
calls
4%
office coordinator
4%
part time
4%
administrator
4%
computer literate
4%
confidentiality
4%
general administration
4%
prioritisation
4%
general admin
4%
automotive industry
4%
office administrator
4%
organizational
4%
school admin
4%
welcome
4%
problem solving
4%
reception administrator
4%
assistant
4%
private medical
4%
business support assistant
4%
coordinator
4%
post
4%
telephone
4%
hr
4%
answering phones
4%
greeting
4%
secretarial
4%
secretary
4%
temporary
4%
outlook
4%
000
4%
customer care
4%

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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