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, 44% of Front Desk job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
44%
reception
35%
receptionist duties
32%
admin
29%
microsoft office
25%
data entry
22%
administration
19%
office manager
19%
receptionist
19%
administrative
16%
pa
16%
legal
13%
interpersonal skills
13%
public sector
13%
visitors
10%
word
10%
organisational skills
10%
switchboard
10%
front desk
10%
general admin
7%
communication skills
7%
front of house
7%
university
7%
sales admin
7%
helpdesk
7%
engineer
7%
school admin
7%
part time
7%
calls
7%
automotive industry
7%
organizational
7%
sales administration
4%
communication
4%
prioritisation
4%
hospitality
4%
guest service management
4%
general administration
4%
front house
4%
office administrator
4%
office coordinator
4%
confidentiality
4%
computer literate
4%
secretarial
4%
private medical
4%
business support assistant
4%
coordinator
4%
post
4%
telephone
4%
welcome
4%
answering phones
4%
greeting
4%
calendar planning
4%
secretary
4%
temporary
4%
outlook
4%
assistant
4%
000
4%
customer care
4%
hr
4%
administrator
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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