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

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Office Skills List in Admin, Secretarial & Pa

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Office role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Office job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 21% of Office job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
21%
admin
21%
pa
17%
office manager
14%
customer service
14%
organisational skills
14%
office administrator
12%
microsoft excel
10%
diary management
7%
administrative
7%
general administration
7%
microsoft office
7%
microsoft word
7%
sage accounts
5%
property
5%
receptionist
5%
construction
5%
ms office
5%
outlook
5%
time management
5%
documentation
5%
general admin
5%
leadership
5%
secretarial support
5%
human resources
5%
office management
5%
crm databases
5%
polish
5%
english
5%
prioritize workload
5%
multi tasking
5%
microsoft applications
5%
accurate record keeping
5%
compliance
5%
accurate data entry
5%
executive assistant
5%
telephone manner
5%
office assistant
5%
administrator
5%
personal assistant
3%
front of house
3%
property administrator
3%
iris
3%
utility companies
3%
coordinator
3%
coventry
3%
project manager
3%
budgeting
3%
business administration
3%
office operations
3%
onboarding
3%
recruitment process
3%
crm
3%
growth
3%
travel itineraries
3%
finance support
3%
ea
3%
ambition
3%
organisation
3%
xero
3%
administrative support
3%
data entry
3%
office administration
3%
office coordinator
3%
customer service skills
3%
organised
3%
problem solving
3%
self management
3%
admin support
3%
accounts
3%
architect
3%
manager
3%
orders
3%
sage
3%
answering telephones
3%
databases
3%
health safety
3%
travel arrangements
3%
collaboration
3%
multiple priorities
3%
client liaison
3%
administration
3%
organization
3%
architecture
3%
ecology
3%
events
3%
flights
3%
receptionist duties
3%
construction industry
3%
data
3%
office manger
3%
financial services
3%
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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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