UK and London Recruitment Agency for Secretarial Jobs
Secretarial jobs are varied, involving a range of different office tasks and levels of responsibility, depending on the organisation you work in. The prospects for promotion are very good, and if you’re a London secretary, salaries can increase to very high levels as you rise within the profession. A legal secretary can earn up to £40,000 and more, depending on the size of the business.
Large firms may have several levels of secretaries, starting with entry-level junior secretaries, ranging through senior positions up to executive secretaries. Hours, responsibilities and pay will be different for each level, but this kind of structure offers an excellent opportunity to improve your skills, progress your career, and aim for promotion within the company. In smaller firms secretary jobs may lead on to office manager positions, greater administrative duties and higher levels of responsibility.
There are many benefits to working in secretarial jobs, including working as part of a team, good pay (especially in London), opportunities for promotion and social networking; and you will often be offered private health insurance and other peripheral benefits, such as gym membership, along with the job.
The exact nature of a secretary job will vary from office to office and job to job, and the hours worked often depend on the industry, but generally speaking, being a secretary will require working from 9:00am – 5:30pm, standard office hours. A legal secretary may have to work longer hours, or at the weekends, but a higher pay structure will reflect this.
In most modern offices secretarial jobs involve providing administrative and organisational support for several people, as tasks have become more computerised and managers require less letter-typing and filing. Emails and electronic storage are more widely used, but shorthand skills, a good telephone manner, and excellent organisational skills are still very important. You may also be required to take minutes at meetings, work with database systems, and handle all the mail for the company. Long-term, experienced secretaries advise that it is also important to develop a sense of humour and not take things too personally!