

• Decision-making: administrative assistants need to make independent decisions daily,
addressing the best way to handle specific tasks.
• Communications and collaboration: An administrative assistant must collaborate with other
administrators and support personnel, management, and parents on a regular basis.
• Organizational skills: The ability to maintain order helps ensure executives don’t miss
appointments or deadlines.
• Writing: Their emails, letters, documents, and social media posts reflect upon their employers,
so they need to know how to write professionally, using proper spelling and grammar.