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Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
Keeps an office running: schedules, records and communication.
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Administrative assistants answer calls and email, manage schedules, prepare documents, keep records and support managers and teams, in every kind of workplace. Many move up to office manager or executive assistant.
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High school courses that build toward it
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Accounting · Career and Technical
Builds economics and accounting, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.