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Administration
Secretaries provide administrative support for all types of organisations.
You may find it useful to take a course in administration or secretarial skills. Colleges offer full-time and part-time courses, including awards, certificates and diplomas. Useful subjects include: business administration, typing, audio transcription, computer skills and shorthand.
You'll usually need 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or the equivalent, including English and maths.
Volunteering
Volunteering, for example with a charity, could help you to get some relevant experience. It's a good way of developing IT and office skills that are valued by employers.
You'll need:
In your day-to-day tasks you could:
With experience, you could become a personal assistant or office manager. You could also move into human resources work, or train as a legal or medical secretary.
Internal and external auditors check organisations' financial records and procedures to make sure they are accurate and efficient.
Medical secretaries provide office support in hospitals, GP surgeries, private clinics and universities.
Reprographic assistants use copiers, scanners and printers to make documents, brochures, leaflets and pictures.
Proofreaders check text before it's printed or published to make sure it's correct and complete.
Local government officers put council policies into practice and provide local services.
Farm secretaries are responsible for the day-to-day running of the business side of farms.
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