Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Professionals in the Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pathway provide administrative and secretarial in businesses and other organizations. Typically, they provide assitance to all levels of management by preparing documents, performing secretarial duties using legal procedures, terminology, and documents or specific knowledge of medical terminology and clinic, hospital or laboratory procedures, operating data entry devices, drafting correspondence, organizing files, scheduling appointments etc. Depending on their roles, they may be required to create and maintain filing systems, train clerical staff, prepare reports etc.