Administrative Assistant resume keywords
What a administrative assistant resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.
Also covers: Admin Assistant, Office Assistant, Secretary, Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant, Office Administrator, Clerk.
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Skills and keywords
These are the terms most consistently used to screen administrative assistant applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.
Example bullets
Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.
- Managed calendars and travel for N executives across N time zones.
- Organised N meetings and events a month, including event for N attendees.
- Built a filing system for records that cut retrieval time by N%.
- Processed N invoices and expense reports a month with zero late payments.
Verbs that signal ownership
Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”: