Secretary Jobs in New York
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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Offsite Medical Secretary-Brooklyn, New York
- Brooklyn, NY
- 2 days ago
Faculty Group Practice Secretary II Intake/Scheduler (35) (1100493_RR00066767)
- New York City, NY
- 1 day ago
Receptionist / Administrative Secretary
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- 2 days ago
Medical Secretary - Dr. Prather
- New York, NY
- 5 hours ago
Medical Secretary- Or Central Scheduling
- New York, NY
- 2 days ago
Faculty Group Practice Secretary II Intake/Scheduler (35)
- New York, NY
- 2 days ago
- Farmingdale, NY
- 1 day ago
- Garden City South, NY
- 11 hours ago
- Syracuse, NY
- 2 days ago
Administrative Assistant/Secretary I/II/III &
- New York, NY
- 1 day ago
Client Service Specialist Legal Secretary
- New York, NY
- 1 day ago
VP, Corporate Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary
- New York, NY
- 2 days ago
- New York, NY
- 4 hours ago
Phone Operator /Secretary / needed in Queens, MUST SPEAK RUSSIAN
- Glendale, NY
- 6 hours ago
Secretary to the Senior Associate Dean for Pharmacy
- Jamaica, NY
- 3 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
- 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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