From secretary to administrative assistant
14 of the 20 essential skills of a administrative assistant are already essential for a secretary — about 70% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from secretary in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 6
- would be new
- 70%
- of the target job covered
- 20
- essential skills of a administrative assistant
What a administrative assistant does
Administrative assistants provide administrative and office support for supervisors. They perform a variety of tasks, such as answering telephone calls, receiving and directing visitors, ordering office supplies, maintaining the office facilities running smoothly, and ensuring that equipment and appliances work properly.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- company policies
- disseminate internal communications
- disseminate messages to people
- draft corporate emails
- file documents
- fill out forms
- handle mail
- keep task records
- manage digital documents
- organise business documents
- organise facilities for office personnel
- perform office routine activities
- use microsoft office
- use spreadsheets software
What would be new
6 skillsEssential for a administrative assistant and not for a secretary. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from secretary
1 roles- office clerk13 skills in common
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How far are you from being a administrative assistant?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.