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, 20% of Assistant job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
20%
administrative support
20%
administrator
17%
pa
17%
communication skills
13%
commercial awareness
13%
invoicing
13%
personal assistant
13%
executive assistant
13%
microsoft office
10%
administration
10%
ea
10%
utilities
10%
quantity surveying
10%
outlook
10%
purchase order
10%
general administrative
10%
accounts payable
10%
accounts assistant
10%
secretarial support
7%
receptionist
7%
administrative
7%
telephone manner
7%
admin
7%
data entry
7%
organisational skills
7%
team secretary
7%
appointment making
4%
operations
4%
parts
4%
planning
4%
procurement
4%
secretary
4%
scheduling
4%
warehouse operations
4%
team assistant
4%
clerical
4%
office assistant
4%
helpdesk
4%
scanning
4%
office support
4%
general administration
4%
medical communications
4%
appointments
4%
commercial
4%
planner
4%
office manager
4%
typing
4%
market research
4%
research
4%
researching
4%
analysis
4%
laboratory
4%
access
4%
sap
4%
interpersonal skills
4%
executive team
4%
crm
4%
diary management
4%
logistics
4%
accurate record keeping
4%
client services
4%
computer literate
4%
fast learner
4%
financial services
4%
flexible approach
4%
stakeholder management
4%
positive personality
4%
reliable
4%
project coordinator
4%
executive support
4%
general office work
4%
marketing
4%
microsoft excel
4%
office administration
4%
photocopying
4%
receptionist duties
4%
board support
4%
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