Secretaries & Administrative Assistants
Also called:
Administrative Assistant, Administrative Secretary, Office Assistant, Secretary
What they do:
Perform routine clerical and administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.
On the job, you would:
- Use computers for various applications, such as database management or word processing.
- Answer telephones and give information to callers, take messages, or transfer calls to appropriate individuals.
- Create, maintain, and enter information into databases.
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
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Basic Skills
- writing things for co-workers or customers
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- order or arrange things
- notice when problems happen
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Independence
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
Electronic mail software
- Email software
- Microsoft Outlook
Accounting software
- IBM Maximo Asset Management
- Intuit QuickBooks software
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high school diploma or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$32,410
per year, on average
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