Executive Secretaries & Executive Administrative Assistants
Also called: Administrative Assistant, Executive Assistant, Executive Secretary, Administrative Secretary
What they do:
Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.
On the job, you would:
- Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
- Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
- Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees and boards of directors.
Business
Arts and Humanities
Engineering and Technology
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Basic Skills
Social
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Verbal
Ideas and Logic
Attention
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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:
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You might use software like this on the job: Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Accounting software
Word processing software
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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