How do they match: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

  • Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.

  • Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors.
  • Attend meetings to record minutes.
  • Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings.
  • Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.
  • Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.

  • Record information from meetings or other formal proceedings.