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Occupation

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.

$76,590 medianBelow-avg outlookTraining or associate

O*NET 31.0 · 43-6011.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
  2. 02Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.
  3. 03Provide clerical support to other departments.
  4. 04Attend meetings to record minutes.
  5. 05Supervise and train other clerical staff and arrange for employee training by scheduling training or organizing training material.
  6. 06Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
  7. 07Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations.
  8. 08Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
  9. 09Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.
  10. 10Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
  11. 11Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
  12. 12File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Administrative AssistantAdministrative SecretaryExecutive AssistantExecutive SecretaryAdministrative AideAdministrative AssociateAdministrative CoordinatorAdministrative SpecialistExecutive Administrative AssistantOffice Assistant

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Knowledge the job leans on

AdministrativeEnglish LanguageCustomer and Personal ServiceComputers and ElectronicsAdministration and ManagementPersonnel and Human ResourcesCommunications and MediaMathematics

Skills that carry over from service

Service OrientationCoordinationSocial PerceptivenessTime ManagementJudgment and Decision MakingNegotiationComplex Problem SolvingInstructing