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ESSENTIAL SKIL FOR SUCCES AT EVERY LEVEL AS A SECRETARY

DISCOVER WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCED AS A ECRETARY OR ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT, AT ALL LEVELS OF THIS FAST-PACED POSITION.
As a secretary, you’re in change of keeping an office running smoothly in a professional
environment. Depending on your industry, this could include anything from supporting collagues
to assisting client to performing other administrative task.
ENTRY-LEVEL Skills
When you start out as a secretary, you’re most likely to land an entry-level administrative
assistant role. In this position, you’ll generally take on task related to correspondence,
scheduling, and basic office support.
Many administrative assistant tasks are easy to tackle, but your grasp of the essential skill for the
job will help you stand out among your peers. Develop these basic secretary skill to succeed in a
entry-level position.
1. Clear Communication
As n administrative assistant can tell you, clear communication is this position’s most
essential component. After all, almost every task you’ll do relates to written or verbal
correspondence.
If your communication skills could use some work, try taking a writing or literature class
to hone your ability to communicate thoughts cleary on paper or on the computer screen
improvisational acting classes can also help you express thoughts verbally and think on
your feet.
2. Technological Competence
Decades ago, most secretaries used pen and paper or typewriters for memos and
correspondence. Times have changed, howover, and today’s administrative assistants
must demonstrate technological competence. You’ll need to be able to use desktop
computers, laptops, and smart devices to manage daily tasks.
That isn’t all, though. You’ll alse need to master basic word processing promrams, email
application, and scheduling platfroms. While you’ll learn proprietary software on the job.
You should already have a basic grasp of the essential technology needed for you
positin. Don’t haesitate to read manuals or attent webinars to learn the basics.
3. Sense of Professionalism
All entry-level secretaries should also have basic customer service skill, which strat whit
a sense of professionalism. Remember that no metter where yor desk is located, as an
administrative assistant, you’re the face of the company. That means politeness and
respect are essential qualities, whether you’re dealing with clients or talking with
collagues.
Mid-level secretary skills.
Once you’ve mastered your entery-level job, you moght have an opportunity to take on
an administrative secretary job or another mid-level secretary role. Befaore you start
applying for job, make sure you have these essential mid-level secretary skills.
4. Organization Skills
Most mid-level secretaries are responsible for handling a mind-boggling amount of

information. Depending on your office culture, this information mogt include paper files,
electronic databases, or even verbal meeting.
Because your collagues will depend on your retrieve data effiently, you’ll need strong
organizational skills. If you don’t already have a preferred way of keeping things
organized, educate yourself about desk accessories, software programs, and even
workflow concepts that can help you keep everything under control.
5. Time Management
As you take on more responsibilities in your mid-level secretarial position, time

management becomes critical. Whether you report to a single supervisor or several
superiors assign work to you an a daily basis, you need to juggle tasks effectively.
For most administrative secretaries, this means learning how to work smarter. Track
how long it takes you complete task, and learn what schedule optimizes your
productivity. You’ll quikly learn how to make the most of each workday.
6. Problem Solving
When you achieve a mid-level secretarial role, you’ll on longer be able to realy on
superiors to make decisions for you. Instead, you’ll have to problem-solve on your own.
As a secretary, common problems could include anything form fixing scheduling issues
to communicating with challenging clients.
Your office might have policies in pace to guide your efforts, but you’ll alse have to hone
your own problem-solving skills to get things done. To solve problems effectively, take
the time to understand your company’s goals and know what yoy can do achieve them.
Senior-level Secretary skills
If you excel in this support-based industry, you might have what it takes to land a senior-
level secretary job, such as an administrative superiors. While these professionals
certainly draw on essential secretary skills and tasks, they must also go above and beyond
in almost every aspect oh the job. Take your secretarial career to the next level by
nurturing the skills for one of these senior administrative positions.
7. Planning Abilities
For an administrative superior, planning ahead couldn’t be more important. In this role,
you’ll have more task to juggle, and you’ll have a small staff to manage, too. That means
you’ll need to have a solid sense of your company’s objective and an understanding of
what resources you have at your disposal.
If your planning abilities need work, try taking a course in project management. You’ll
learn how to juggle resources, allot time, and manage staff to complete both daily task
and major projects on schedule.
8. Proactive Approach
Is an administrative supervisor, you’ll quickly learn that you don’t get ahead by waiting
around for things to happen. Instead, you’ll need to take a proactive approach to
everything on your to-do list.
Many senior-level secretaries find that creating proactive systems erly on helps them
succeed in this career. To develop this kind of workflow, anticipate problems that could
arise and take the opportunity to address those issues head on. Doing this might require
more time up front, but you’ll save loads of time when you execute projects flawlessle.
9. Sense of Discretion
Senior-level secretaries tend to deal with sensitive information, such as confidential

records and private communications. To handle this kind of informations effectively.
You’ll need a keen sense of discreation and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
Pride yourself on your impeccable ability to keep a secret, and you might even land the
opportunity to tek on higher-paying opportunities that demand discreation.
Whether you’re just starting out as an administrative assistant or you’re already carving
out a spot at the top of your industry, you need these skills to succeed as a secretary. Put
your skills to the test by appliying for the ideal secretary job in your preferred field.

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NPM : 11160001

NAMA : IRPAN RAMDANI

ESSENTIAL SKIL FOR SUCCES AT EVERY LEVEL AS A SECRETARY

Most mid-level secretaries are responsible for handling a mind-boggling amount of

As you take on more responsibilities in your mid-level secretarial position, time

Senior-level secretaries tend to deal with sensitive information, such as confidential

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