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Administrative Assistant
Industry: Healthcare
Area: Business
Secretaries and administrative assistants are responsible for a variety of administrative and clerical duties necessary to run an organization efficiently. They serve as an information manager for an office, plan and schedule meetings and appointments, organize and maintain paper and electronic files, manage projects, conduct research, and provide information by using the telephone, postal mail, and e-mail. They also may handle travel arrangements.
Work Settings
Office settings.
Education
Training ranges from high school vocational education programs that teach office skills and keyboarding to 1- and 2-year programs in office administration offered by business schools, vocational-technical institutes, and community colleges.
Job Outlook
Secretaries and administrative assistants held about 4.1 million jobs in 2002, ranking among the largest occupations in the U.S. economy.
Salary
Median annual earnings of executive secretaries and administrative assistants were $27,900 in 2008.
Work Schedule
Regular hours