| Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 99 (%) | Description: Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages. |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software. |
| Importance: 96 (%) | Description: Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work. |
| Importance: 92 (%) | Description: Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution. |
| Importance: 84 (%) | Description: Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals. |
| Importance: 79 (%) | Description: Provide clerical support to other departments. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Manage and maintain executives' schedules. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Make travel arrangements for executives. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Attend meetings to record minutes. |
| Importance: 72 (%) | Description: Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors. |
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Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
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Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.
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Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job
42 Human Resources Careers and Jobs careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2023 to 2033 est.). Human Resources Careers and Jobs-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:
| Occupations | U.S. Job Openings 2023-2033 (% change) | Human Resources Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
47 Human Resources Careers and Jobs careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Human Resources Careers and Jobs-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::
| Occupations | National Median Salary | Human Resources Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
48 Human Resources Careers and Jobs careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Human Resources Careers and Jobs-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.
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Education/Preparation Categories: 5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.) 4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree 3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree 2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always Please Scroll and Select below: |
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| Occupations | Education/Preparation | Human Resources Careers and Jobs-Related Jobs |
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Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants.
Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Description: 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.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants":
U.S. Total Employment (2023):
538,800U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
438,200
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
-100,600 (-18.7%) Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
42,100
Core Duties
Supplemental Duties
| Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Supervise and train other clerical staff and arrange for employee training by scheduling training or organizing training material. |
| Importance: 53 (%) | Description: Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors. |
| Importance: 46 (%) | Description: Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees. |
| Importance: 41 (%) | Description: Process payroll information. |
| Importance: 40 (%) | Description: Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations. |
Work Activities
| Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 93 (%) | Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| Importance: 91 (%) | Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| Importance: 90 (%) | Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| Importance: 90 (%) | Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
| Importance: 88 (%) | Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| Importance: 85 (%) | Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
| Importance: 83 (%) | Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
| Importance: 80 (%) | Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| Importance: 78 (%) | Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| Importance: 76 (%) | Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| Importance: 75 (%) | Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
| Importance: 73 (%) | Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| Importance: 69 (%) | Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| Importance: 67 (%) | Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
| Importance: 63 (%) | Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
Specific Work Activities
| Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below: |
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| Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information. | |
| Compile data or documentation. | |
| Confer with coworkers to coordinate work activities. | |
| Coordinate operational activities. | |
| Develop organizational policies or programs. | |
| Distribute incoming mail. | |
| Execute sales or other financial transactions. | |
| Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. | |
| File documents or records. | |
| Greet customers, patrons, or visitors. | |
| Inspect operational processes. | |
| Maintain medical records. | |
| Make travel, accommodations, or entertainment arrangements for others. | |
| Manage clerical or administrative activities. | |
| Order materials, supplies, or equipment. | |
| Perform administrative or clerical tasks. | |
| Prepare business correspondence. | |
| Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance. | |
| Prepare research or technical reports. | |
| Read materials to determine needed actions. | |
| Record information from meetings or other formal proceedings. | |
| Schedule operational activities. | |
| Sort mail. | |
| Supervise clerical or administrative personnel. | |
| Train personnel. | |
| Transcribe spoken or written information. | |
Knowledge Required
| Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 89 (%) | Description: Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
| Importance: 82 (%) | Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar. |
| Importance: 68 (%) | Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
| Importance: 65 (%) | Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
Essential Skills
| Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
| Importance: 66 (%) | Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| Importance: 64 (%) | Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
Transferable Skills
| Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility? |
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| Importance (%) | Description |
| Importance: 62 (%) | Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people. |
| Importance: 56 (%) | Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
| Importance: 54 (%) | Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| Importance: 52 (%) | Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
Day-in-the-Life Summaries
| Day-in-the-Life Summaries These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you? |
| Activity: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities. |
| Activity: Compile records, documentation, or other data. |
| Activity: Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes. |
| Activity: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures. |
| Activity: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. |
| Activity: Execute financial transactions. |
| Activity: Explain regulations, policies, or procedures. |
| Activity: Maintain health or medical records. |
| Activity: Maintain operational records. |
| Activity: Monitor operations to ensure adequate performance. |
| Activity: Perform administrative or clerical activities. |
| Activity: Prepare documentation for contracts, applications, or permits. |
| Activity: Present research or technical information. |
| Activity: Provide general assistance to others, such as customers, patrons, or motorists. |
| Activity: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers. |
| Activity: Purchase goods or services. |
| Activity: Read documents or materials to inform work processes. |
| Activity: Schedule operational activities. |
| Activity: Sort materials or products. |
| Activity: Supervise personnel activities. |
| Activity: Train others on operational or work procedures. |
Software Skills
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Software Skills These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job? |
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| SAP Concur | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft SharePoint | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Outlook | ||||||||||
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| Google Workspace software Microsoft Office software | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft PowerPoint | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Excel | ||||||||||
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| Zoom | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Word | ||||||||||
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| Intuit QuickBooks | ||||||||||
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| Slack | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Access | ||||||||||
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| Adobe InDesign | ||||||||||
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| Oracle PeopleSoft SAP software | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Project Microsoft Team Foundation Server Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | ||||||||||
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| Sage 50 Accounting Sage Peachtree Premium Accounting for Manufacturing | ||||||||||
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| KAPES Micro Estimating FabPlan MTI Systems Costimator JS | ||||||||||
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| Appointment scheduling software Workbrain Employee Scheduling | ||||||||||
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| Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge | ||||||||||
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| Airtable Database software FileMaker Pro ProQuest RefWorks | ||||||||||
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| Eko ParentSquare | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft Publisher | ||||||||||
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| Microsoft SharePoint Server Records management systems | ||||||||||
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| Graphics software JamBoard SmugMug Flickr | ||||||||||
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| Human resource management software HRMS Questek Humanis Workflow International Deskflow Enterprise | ||||||||||
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| PCC EHR PCC Pediatric Partner | ||||||||||
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| Intrado SchoolMessenger | ||||||||||
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| LogMeIn GoToWebinar Slido interaction software | ||||||||||
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| Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | ||||||||||
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| Apple Keynote Google Slides | ||||||||||
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| Aestiva Purchase Order | ||||||||||
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| Work Technology WorkTech Time Workbrain Time and Attendance | ||||||||||
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| Google Meet LogMeIn GoToMeeting Web conferencing software | ||||||||||
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| Evernote Microsoft OneNote Transcription software |
Preparation Required
| Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job? |
| Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed |
| Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job. |
| Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. |
| Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations. |
| These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, desktop publishers, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters and simultaneous captioners, and medical assistants. |
Education Required
| Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Education |
| Frequency of Attainment: 33.8 (%) | Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 24.2 (%) | Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) |
| Frequency of Attainment: 20.9 (%) | Level of Education: Some College Courses |
| Frequency of Attainment: 11.9 (%) | Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.4 (%) | Level of Education: Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level. |
| Frequency of Attainment: 2.9 (%) | Level of Education: First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession. |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.7 (%) | Level of Education: Master's Degree |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.3 (%) | Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) |
Training and Experience Required
| Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work? |
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| Frequency of Attainment (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience |
| Frequency of Attainment: 29.3 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 28.9 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 17.7 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 9.7 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 6.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: None |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.2 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years |
| Frequency of Attainment: 3.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year |
| Frequency of Attainment: 1.0 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months |
| Frequency of Attainment: 0.6 (%) | Level of Training and Work Experience: Up to and including 1 month |
Local Salary Information
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Certifications
Professional Associations
| Professional Associations These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities? |
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Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
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Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
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Job Listings
| Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings |
Related Careers to Consider
Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources
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Videos
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Resumes
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Job Description
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Interviews
There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.
Step-by-Step
Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
LinkedIn®
Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.
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