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, 70% of Assistant job descriptions contained conveyancing as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

conveyancing
70%
conveyancing assistant
39%
legal assistant
39%
legal secretary
39%
conveyancing secretary
31%
legal
16%
communication skills
16%
diary management
16%
law firm
16%
organisational skills
16%
sdlt
8%
microsoft office
8%
secretarial support
8%
legal administrator
8%
administrative duties
8%
handle multiple priorities
8%
highly detailed
8%
problem solving
8%
professional services
8%
written communication
8%
can-do attitude
8%
general administration
8%
negotiation
8%
secretarial
8%
anti money laundering
8%
kyc
8%
legal compliance
8%
barristers
8%
clerks
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
listings
8%
property law
8%
assistants
8%
law
8%
paralegals
8%
property
8%
remortgage
8%
audio typing
8%
legal documents
8%
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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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