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Executive secretary - professional continuing education, further training in office organization, communication and assistance for managers
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The continuing education, further training for executive secretaries (cert.) provides practical skills for demanding assistance and coordination tasks in a management environment.

Executive secretaries support managers and executive boards with administrative, organizational and communication tasks. They coordinate appointments, organize meetings, prepare correspondence and make a significant contribution to the smooth flow of information within the company.

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The continuing education, executive secretary (cert.) prepares you for demanding assistant functions in companies, administrations and organizations.

Executive secretaries work closely with managers and take on organizational, administrative and communication tasks. They coordinate appointments, organize meetings and events, handle correspondence and support the management in day-to-day business.

Typical subject areas are

  • Business and office communication
  • Correspondence and taking minutes
  • Meeting and event organization
  • Time and self-management
  • Digital tools
  • Assistant to the management
  • Customer and employee communication

The continuing education, further training teaches both organizational and communication skills and prepares students for responsible activities in the area of assistance.

 
Is the executive secretary continuing education, further training suitable for me?

Continuing education, further training is particularly suitable for people who:

  • like to organize and coordinate
  • want to take responsibility
  • work carefully and in a structured manner
  • Enjoy communication
  • want to actively support managers

Organizational skills, discretion and reliability are particularly in demand.

 
Level of difficulty

The Executive Secretary course is considered to be suitable for people with a commercial background or relevant professional experience.

Important are:

  • Organizational talent
  • Independence
  • Communication skills
  • Accuracy
  • good time management

Practical work is usually more important than theoretical examinations.

 
Career & prospects

Continuing education, further training as an executive secretary opens up development opportunities in variousAssistance and secretarial functions.

Typical activities:

  • Management assistance
  • Executive Assistant
  • Management Assistant
  • Team assistance
  • Office Management
  • Project assistance

The skills acquired are in demand in companies in a wide range of sectors.

 

Do you have basic commercial training and want to advance your career? There are countless opportunities for further training in the commercial sector. But do you already have a clear idea of your professional future? Are you interested in training or continuing education, further training to become an executive secretary, for example? Do you have assisting commercial activities? Then simply realize your dream of further training and complete the relevant training.

As the right hand of a company's management or directorate, you work hand in hand with top management as an executive assistant. You support the company management in all administrative matters. You write minutes, compose business letters and e-mails according to instructions, manage the management's e-mail database, organize business trips, meetings or company events, etc. As an assistant, you are therefore indispensable to your line manager.

Are you interested? Then request more information today about the exciting and varied job of executive secretary and compare training offers from various providers. You can find contacts and offers from competent training partners here on the Swiss education portal.

Questions and answers

During the one- to two-semester continuing education course to become a management secretary, participants are introduced to various learning content depending on the course and school.

These are often the following:

  • Foreign languages (English, German, French, Italian)
  • Office organization
  • Administration
  • Communication
  • Correspondence
  • Digital tools
  • BUSINESS STUDIES
  • Legal and data protection
  • Soft skills

As the training content (as already mentioned) can vary depending on the school, it makes sense to find out exactly what you need to know in advance. Quickly, easily and without obligation via our contact form. Alternatively, you can use the "Ask a question" button to speak directly to the right contact person at the school.

There is no federal qualification for executive secretaries, but there is one for executive assistants with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education.

You will take the following examinations to complete your continuing education, further training as a management secretary:
  • Cambridge Business English Certificate Vantage or Preliminary (BEC)
  • ECDL Core and Advanced
The further training course to become a management secretary is usually part-time and is aimed at people who already have a commercial and administrative qualification in the form of a commercial diploma or a commercial diploma with English as a foreign language. In addition, seminar participants are expected to have at least two years of professional experience in administration or business and be aiming to take on a managerial role.

Depending on the type of training to become a management assistant, the continuing education, further training can last between a few months (e.g. 3 months to become a head physician and management assistant with a school diploma), a year (e.g. to become a certified medical head physician secretary) or one to two years (e.g. to become a certified management assistant with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education). Enquire directly with the providers.

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Stefan Schmidlin

Stefan Schmidlin, Educational Counseling, Content-Team Modula AG

Sources

Website of theSwiss Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, Websitewww.berufsberatung.ch(official Swiss information portal for study, vocational and career guidance) as well as websites and other information from professional associations and education providers.

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The Swiss education system offers a wide range of individual training and further education opportunities - depending on your personal level of education, professional experience and educational goals.

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With Benedict you will get ahead, because nothing is more important today than targeted and professional further education. Whether you are interested in the Benedict business school, language or management school or in the fields of IT, medicine or hotel management - the Benedict School is your competent and quality-conscious partner for your professional career.
Strengths: All-inclusive prices (excluding external exams), Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu or Saturday classes, above-average exam results, centrally located. Free parking (Zurich), free preliminary courses, optional subjects.
Region: Bern, Ostschweiz, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, Zürich
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