Occupation Atlasadministrative assistant
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/044d78cc-f62f-4532-83a5-8e04f2889652
administrative assistant
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.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CESConventional · Enterprising · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.86
- E Enterprising3.43
- S Social2.70
- I Investigative2.52
- A Artistic1.57
- R Realistic1.32
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Correspondence Clerks (43-4021.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (20)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- company policies
- disseminate general corporate information
- disseminate internal communications
- disseminate messages to people
- draft corporate emails
- ensure proper document management
- file documents
- fill out forms
- handle mail
- keep task records
- maintain statutory books
- manage digital documents
- organise business documents
- organise facilities for office personnel
- perform business research
- perform office routine activities
- plan schedule
- use microsoft office
- use office systems
- use spreadsheets software
Optional (21)
- accounting techniques
- business communication
- coordinate events
- create import-export commercial documentation
- deliver correspondence
- fix meetings
- handle petty cash
- issue sales invoices
- liaise with managers
- maintain internal communication systems
- maintain inventory of office supplies
- manage personnel agenda
- monitor staff absences
- organise travel arrangements for staff
- prepare presentation material
- process commissioned instructions
- provide customer follow-up services
- respect data protection principles
- speak different languages
- transcription methods
- use personal organization software
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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