Administrative assistants may also be in charge of sending and receiving correspondence, as well as greeting clients and customers.
[3] Bookkeeping Admin assistants in some offices may be charged with monitoring and recording expenditures.
As such, some administrative assistants may be required to be knowledgeable in office bookkeeping software, such as Microsoft Excel.
Aside from storing, organizing and managing files, assistants may need to type, edit and proofread documents.
Average employment growth of 12% was expected for secretaries and administrative assistants, from 2012 to 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).