# Occupation profile — secretary - **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5ac377d2-e1d0-4911-a299-b4ef2782a0ba - **ESCO code:** 4120.1 - **ISCO-08 group:** 4120 — Secretaries (general) - **O*NET-SOC:** 43-6012.00 — Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (match: closeMatch) ## Description (ESCO) Secretaries perform a variety of administrative tasks to help keep an organisation run smoothly. They answer telephone calls, draft and send e-mails, maintain diaries, arrange appointments, take messages, file documents, organise and service meetings, and manage databases. ## Definition nan ## Alternative labels - administrative assistant - office receptionist - personal assistant - corporate secretary - office administrative assistant - executive secretary - assistant - office worker - head secretary - front office secretary - secretarial assistant - typist - city administrator secretary - school secretary - private secretary - front office clerk