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Program Codes
04166
20824
31974
10304
18359
04154
20819
11BSCOP
Employment Percentage
-32.28943993
SOC ID
43-6011
SOC Title
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
ONET ID
43-6011.00
ONET Concat ID
43601100
Median Salary
71978.97
EMSI Interest Area Term
Business Sciences
Ed Level High School
24.200001
Ed Level Certificate
1.27
Ed Level Some College
20.91
Ed Level Associates
33.77
Ed Level Bachelors
11.87
Ed Level Masters
7.98
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
an Associate degree
Career Description
Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.
Core Tasks
  • Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
  • Make travel arrangements for executives.
  • Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
  • Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.
  • Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.
  • Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.
  • Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.
  • Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.
  • Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.
  • Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.
  • Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors.
  • File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.
  • Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.
  • Provide clerical support to other departments.
  • Attend meetings to record minutes.
Start Annual Earnings
49216.77
Top Annual Earnings
100158.73
EMSI Career Title Slug
executive-secretary-or-administrative-assistant