Career roadmap
How to become a Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
What you would actually do
The tasks Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistantss spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information.
- Transcribe spoken or written information.
- Compile data or documentation.
- Maintain medical records.
- Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
- Refer customers to appropriate personnel.
- Greet customers, patrons, or visitors.
- Relay information between personnel.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Speaking4.0/5
- Active Listening3.9/5
- Service Orientation3.6/5
- Reading Comprehension3.5/5
- Writing3.1/5
- Critical Thinking3.1/5
- Coordination3.1/5
- Complex Problem Solving3.1/5
- Time Management3.1/5
- Monitoring3.0/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistantss are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Conventional6.7/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Social4.1/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising3.2/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Investigative3.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Realistic2.4/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
