Secretaries and Administrative Assistants perform routine clerical and administrative duties. They organize files, draft messages, schedule appointments, and support other staff.
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- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Business, Management and Administration
What do they typically do
- Answer telephones and take messages or transfer calls
- Schedule appointments and update event calendars
- Arrange staff meetings
- Handle incoming and outgoing mail and faxes
- Prepare memos, invoices, or reports
- Edit documents
- Maintain databases and filing systems
- Perform basic bookkeeping
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth -0.6%
Job Openings 5,461
Industry/Employer
Accounting and Bookkeeping Services
Aerospace Product & Parts Manufacturing
Animal Slaughtering and Processing
Architectural and Engineering Services
Auto Parts, Accessories, and Tire Stores
Automobile Dealers
Beverage Manufacturing
Building Equipment Contractors
Building Finishing Contractors
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Building Material and Supplies Dealers
Business, Computer & Management Training
Civic and Social Organizations
Colleges and Universities
Commercial Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Commercial Machinery Repair/Maintenance
Community Care Facility for the Elderly
Computer Systems Design and Rel Services
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Death Care Services
Educational Support Services
Electronic Instrument Manufacturing
Elementary and Secondary Schools
Emergency and Other Relief Services
Employment Services
Fabric Mills
Facilities Support Services
Freight Transportation Arrangement
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
Grantmaking and Giving Services
Health and Personal Care Retailers
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
Home Health Care Services
Household Goods Repair and Maintenance
Individual and Family Services
Insurance Agencies, Brokerages & Support
Insurance Carriers
Investigation and Security Services
Junior Colleges
Land Subdivision
Lawn & Garden Equipment/Supplies Stores
Machine Shops and Threaded Products
Machinery & Supply Merchant Wholesalers
Management & Technical Consulting Svc
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
Motor Vehicle/Part Merchant Wholesalers
Museums, Parks and Historical Sites
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
Nondepository Credit Intermediation
Nonresidential Building Construction
Nursing Care Facilities
Office Administrative Services
Offices of Other Health Practitioners
Offices of Physicians
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
Other Amusement & Recreation Industries
Other Electrical Equipment & Components
Other Heavy Construction
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers
Other Professional & Technical Services
Other Residential Care Facilities
Other Schools and Instruction
Other Specialty Trade Contractors
Other Support Services
Other Wood Product Manufacturing
Outpatient Care Centers
Performing Arts and Sports Promoters
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Plastics Product Manufacturing
Power Generation and Supply
Printing and Related Support Activities
Professional and Similar Organizations
Psychiatric & Substance Abuse Hospitals
Religious Organizations
Remediation and Other Waste Services
Residential Building Construction
Residential Mental Health Facilities
RV Parks and Recreational Camps
Scientific Research and Development Svc
Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Social Advocacy Organizations
Special Food Services
Specialized Design Services
Spectator Sports
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers
Support Activities for Air Transport
Support Activities for Crop Production
Technical and Trade Schools
Traveler Accommodation
Utility System Construction
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Warehousing and Storage
Waste Collection
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
Education & Training
- Education These occupations usually require a high school diploma.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
NC Workforce Credentials
Private Training Programs
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