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Job Interests and Abilities
If you enjoy reviewing correspondence and writing replies; enjoy creating reports, memorandums and documents; and have the ability to transcribe from notes, recording or dictation, this job may suit you.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The ability to understand procedures, to communicate well (both verbally and in writing), to format various documents, to perform work accurately, to make judgments using knowledge or experience and to handle confidential information and files are many of the duties.
Job Title
- Secretary
- Executive Secretary
- Administrative Assistant
- Clerk Typist
- Intermediate Clerk/Typist
- Senior Clerk Typist
- Clerical Assistant
Nearly every public or private organization employs this position from small offices to large corporations.
Entry Salary Estimate
- Mean earnings in California in 1997 were $2,714 per month.
- Entry pay may range from $1,530 to $2,695 per month.
- Experience pay may range from $2,050 to over $3,220 per month.
- Top pay may range from $2,500 to over $4,165 per month.
This Fast-Track certificate can be completed in one year (23.5 units are required for this certificate).
What You Will Learn
- Intermediate Computer Keyboarding
- Writing
- Work Experience/Internship
- Business English
- Basic Office Procedures & Skills
- Beginning Word Processing
- Advanced Word Processing
- Machine Transcription
- Business Math/Electronic Calculator
- Business Communications
