Administrative Assistant CV example

A free example, with real achievement bullets and the skills recruiters look for

Administrative CVs are won on reliability and range — the breadth of what you kept running smoothly, and evidence that things didn’t fall through the cracks under you. Volume and scope (how many calendars, how many people supported, how much correspondence) do a lot of the convincing here.

What recruiters look for on an Administrative Assistant CV

The scale of what you supported — number of executives, team size, calendar volume — to show the level of complexity you managed.
Specific software fluency (Outlook, Google Workspace, scheduling and expense tools) named directly.
Evidence of judgment and discretion — handling confidential information, prioritising competing requests — not just task completion.
Process improvements you introduced, even small ones — admins who improve a system stand out from admins who only maintain one.

Example achievement bullets

These are the kind of specific, quantified bullets worth building your own experience section around — adapt the structure (action → scope → result), not the exact wording, to your own background:

Good example bulletManaged calendars and travel logistics for 3 senior executives across 4 time zones, with zero double-bookings over 2 years.

Good example bulletRedesigned the office’s expense-reporting process, cutting average reimbursement turnaround from 12 days to 4 and reducing reporting errors by half.

Key skills to include

Calendar management
Microsoft Office / Google Workspace
Travel coordination
Expense reporting
Minute-taking
Confidentiality
Vendor liaison
Event coordination
Data entry accuracy
Multi-line phone systems

Only list skills you can genuinely speak to in an interview — a skills section is a set of claims, not a wishlist.

Which template to use

Minimal templates are a strong default — clean and efficient, which mirrors the skill set itself. FreeShelf renders your details live across all 250 designs, so you can compare several before deciding — there's no need to commit up front.

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