Executive Assistant training: Overview of schools and information

Executive Assistant training teaches you the following important skills for the Executive Assistant job:

• Business administration, organization, marketing and information technology
• Human resources management, accounting and law
• Process management and project management
• Leadership, communication and business English

As an Executive Assistant, Federal Diploma of Higher Education, you can find a job in almost any company. Because there is a need for a contact person between managers, employees, customers and external partners in every company. If the boss can no longer do this himself due to the size of the company, he hires an executive assistant. This relieves them of the burden of task management and managing the flow of information as well as project management and administrative activities. Executive Assistant jobs are carried out by communicative, highly organized, service-minded and reliable people. They work together with managers from the various departments and ensure the day-to-day business processes.

In an Executive Assistant course, you learn everything relevant to working as an Executive Assistant in two to four semesters while working. These include communication, project management, work organization, information management, IT and entrepreneurial understanding. Those who pass the professional examination are awarded the federal certificate as an executive assistant (also known as a management assistant) and can thus demonstrate the skills they have learned.

The average gross annual salary for Executive Assistants in Switzerland is around CHF 83,500 - including 13th monthly salary and special payments. This corresponds to a monthly salary of CHF 6,423 (with 13 payments). However, the salary range is between CHF 59,500 and CHF 109,900, depending heavily on the level of responsibility assumed by the executive assistant - also known as a management assistant.

The Executive Assistant supports the management and makes decisions for them on a daily basis. They take care of the management and prioritization of management tasks. Information management is also an important area of responsibility. However, executive assistants (also known as management assistants) are responsible for their own area of the company and manage projects and sometimes their own teams.

There are many opportunities for further development after graduating as an Executive Assistant. Executive assistants who also take on HR or accounting tasks can obtain a certificate as a personnel assistant or accounting clerk. If you want to move up a level, you can take a professional examination as an HR specialist or finance and accounting specialist.