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

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Receptionist Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Receptionist role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Receptionist job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Receptionist job descriptions contained admin as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

admin
43%
receptionist duties
43%
receptionist
32%
administration
22%
administrative
16%
organisational skills
11%
customer service
11%
switchboard
11%
microsoft office
11%
interpersonal skills
11%
office assistant
11%
prioritisation
11%
reception
11%
general admin
11%
work ethic
6%
ad hoc
6%
bookings
6%
contract
6%
customer
6%
temp
6%
temporary
6%
calls
6%
english
6%
property management
6%
communication skills
6%
computer literate
6%
confidentiality
6%
general administration
6%
visitors
6%
school administrator
6%
customer service skills
6%
organised
6%
nhs
6%
office admin
6%
reception administrator
6%
administrator
6%
office manager
6%
school admin
6%
photocopying
6%
answering phones
6%
greeting
6%
administrative support
6%
lettings
6%
outlook
6%
communicator
6%
personnel
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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