Jobs, Careers and Occupations

Administrative Careers, Jobs and Occupations

Administrative

Administrative category includes senior management, executive assistants, secretaries, office managers, secretarial staff, call centre personnel, data entry clerks, receptionists, collectors and clerks.

Administrative occupations are part of management occupations. Administrative employees work in private industry and government and have a wide range of responsibilities.

Majority of administrative employees work in service-providing industries, including all levels of government, health services, financial services, professional, scientific and technical services, and education. Most of the remaining workers work in manufacturing industries.

The formal education and experience of administrative employees varies as widely as the nature of their responsibilities.

As the reliance on technology continues to expand in offices, the role of the office professional has greatly evolved.

Office automation and organizational restructuring have led administrative employees, secretaries and administrative assistants to assume a wider range of new responsibilities once reserved for managerial and professional staff.

Many administrative employees, secretaries and administrative assistants now provide training and orientation for new staff, conduct research on the Internet, and operate and troubleshoot new office technologies.

Administrative employees, secretaries and administrative assistants are responsible for a variety of administrative and clerical duties necessary to run an organization efficiently.

Administrative employees serve as an information managers for an office, plan and schedule meetings and appointments, organize and maintain paper and electronic files, manage projects, conduct research, and provide information by using the telephone, postal mail, and e-mail. They also may handle travel arrangements.

Administrative Related Industries

All private and government industries.