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Entry-level administrative assistant jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles

An administrative assistant keeps an office or team running: answering questions, scheduling, filing, ordering, preparing documents and supporting colleagues.

What a administrative assistant does

In the administrative and office family of jobs. Roles that run the front office, calendars, records and records requests.

A typical day

  1. 1. Answer phones and email
  2. 2. Schedule meetings
  3. 3. Prepare documents and reports
  4. 4. Order supplies
  5. 5. Maintain records

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Entry-level administrative assistant jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.

Open entry-level administrative assistant jobs

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Skills for administrative assistant jobs

The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.

Skills to build or show

  1. 1. Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace
  2. 2. Organization
  3. 3. Communication
  4. 4. Typing
  5. 5. Discretion
  6. 6. Reliability

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The market for administrative assistant work

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Open entry-level administrative assistant jobs
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Employment outlook, the closest government category
Projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035.

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

AI use at work, the closest government category
Among secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Outlook and AI-use figures are for the government category “Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive”, the closest match to this job.

More jobs like administrative assistant

Roles that use the same skills, and where this job commonly leads.

Where it can lead

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Questions about administrative assistant jobs

What does a administrative assistant do?
An administrative assistant keeps an office or team running: answering questions, scheduling, filing, ordering, preparing documents and supporting colleagues. A typical day includes: answer phones and email; schedule meetings; prepare documents and reports; order supplies; maintain records.
Can I get an entry-level administrative assistant job with no experience?
Entry-level administrative assistant jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
What skills do you need to be a administrative assistant?
The skills this job uses most are microsoft 365 or google workspace, organization, communication, typing, discretion, reliability. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
Where can a administrative assistant job lead?
People in this job commonly move to executive assistant, operations coordinator, HR coordinator, project coordinator. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.

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