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So many organisations take on people with admin and management skills that it’s hard to generalise.

The Civil Service, local government and the National Health Service are all big employers but so are legal, export and many other private companies.

In the last few years, certain jobs have gradually disappeared. This is partly because some departments within the Civil Service and local government have been ’streamlined’ in order to save money. It’s also partly because many employers expect individual staff to do their own admin and secretarial-type work.

Contents 1 Opportunities available 2 Entry requirements 3 Future trends 4 See also...

Opportunities available

Opportunities exist at all levels, in many different work areas. Examples of jobs include receptionist (eg in a media company), call centre workers (eg for a bank), administrators (eg arts administrator) and junior manager (eg in the Civil Service).

Entry requirements

For quite a few admin jobs in industry, relevant experience is probably more important than academic qualifications - though to get this experience in the first place, you will probably need to do some sort of work placement, training and/or get work-related qualifications (like NVQs or SVQs).

Increasingly, employers expect secretaries to have more than a basic secretarial qualification. Some personal assistants (high-level secretaries) have degrees although it’s still not typical for most secretaries. As jobs in human resources are so popular, a degree and/or relevant personnel qualification will probably be required by many well-known employers.

Future trends

Higher-level computer skills are likely to be required, as well as personal skills such as the ability to make decisions. Job losses in the Civil Service, and other non-profit making organisations, are possible. Other companies, such as banks, will probably increasingly move some of their admin/call centre jobs abroad in order to save money.

See also...

Find out about apprenticeships in admin and management

Huddersfield Business School

Metropolitan Police Service