Secretary Jobs in Alabama
Perform administrative duties. Secretaries are responsible for interfacing with clients, answering phones, handling written correspondence, and updating and managing files. They must be familiar with how their organizations are structured in order to direct customers to the correct personnel and/or departments to address their needs. They also schedule and coordinate appointments and meetings over the phone, via email, and in person.
In addition to managing internal and external communications, secretaries are frequently responsible for entering and maintaining information in company databases. They may also be asked to organize and appropriately distribute confidential documents, such as billing statements or client records.
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Division Secretary Clinical Nutrition
- Birmingham, AL
- 2 days ago
- Montgomery, AL
- 3 days ago
Administrative Secretary III- Evaluations/Superintendents Office
- Montgomery, AL
- 3 days ago
Unit Secretary - 4SRC (3-12 Hour Shifts/PM) #752
- Birmingham, AL
- 3 days ago
- Birmingham, AL
- 2 days ago
- Gadsden, AL
- 4 days ago
- Birmingham, AL
- 4 days ago
Unit Secretary - Heart/Vascular Center Pru 770
- Birmingham, AL
- 4 days ago
- Irondale, AL
- 4 days ago
Unit Secretary - Progressive Care 7A
- Montgomery, AL
- 4 days ago
Secretary II Heart Failure Program
- Montgomery, AL
- 4 days ago
Secretary- Wound Care Medical Center In Mobile
- Mobile, AL
- 5 days ago
Secretary Financial Analyst With Security Clearance , Inc In
- Huntsville, AL
- 6 days ago
- Russellville, AL
- 6 days ago
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Licensing / Certification
Highest Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree (31.1%)
- High School or GED (26.8%)
- Associate's Degree (17.2%)
- Vocational Degree or Certification (13.4%)
- Master's Degree (7.6%)
- Some College (2.3%)
- Doctorate Degree (0.8%)
- Some High School (0.8%)
Average Work Experience
- 1-2 years (44.2%)
- Less than 1 year (30.3%)
- None (13.6%)
- 2-4 years (10.1%)
- 4-6 years (1.9%)
Qualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Secretary position
= trending- Office Management
- Administrative Skills
- Business Correspondence
- Calendar Management
- Clerical
- Clerical Support
- Communication Skills
- Computer Skills
- Customer Service
- Data Entry
- Dictation
- Discretion
- Documentation
- Events
- Expense Reports
- Faxing
- File Management
- Filing
- General Office Duties
- Grammar
- High School Diploma
- Inbound/Outbound Calling
- Initiative
- Interpersonal Skills
- Inventory Management
- Keyboarding
- Leadership
- Management
- Meeting Minutes
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Multitasking
- Office Procedures
- Ordering Supplies
- Organization
- Policy Development
- Prioritizing
- Project Coordination
- Proofreading
- Reception
- Recordkeeping
- Requisitions
- Research Skills
- Scheduling
- Scheduling Appointments
- Software
- Spreadsheets
- Staff Supervision
- Telephone Skills
- Time Management
- Training and Development
- Transcription
- Travel Arrangements
- Typing
- Word Processing
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