Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Assistant Skills List in Legal

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, 67% of Assistant job descriptions contained conveyancing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

conveyancing
67%
legal secretary
25%
legal assistant
25%
law firm
25%
legal
25%
conveyancing assistant
25%
assistants
17%
law
17%
property
17%
conveyancing secretary
17%
diary management
17%
organisational skills
17%
remortgage
9%
communication skills
9%
paralegals
9%
negotiation
9%
listings
9%
interpersonal skills
9%
anti money laundering
9%
audio typing
9%
legal documents
9%
property law
9%
sdlt
9%
secretarial support
9%
legal administrator
9%
clerks
9%
barristers
9%
legal compliance
9%
kyc
9%
probate
9%
secretarial
9%
written communication
9%
successful negotiation
9%
professional services
9%
problem solving
9%
highly detailed
9%
handle multiple priorities
9%
administrative duties
9%
wills
9%
trusts
9%
step qualification
9%
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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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