Business Support CV guide

CV optimisation for Administrative Assistants

Build a stronger Administrative Assistant CV by making your evidence of accurate, responsive administrative support easy for recruiters and applicant tracking systems to find.

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What a strong Administrative Assistant CV needs to prove

Show outcomes, not a task list

Connect your actions to a measurable result: time, quality, revenue, cost, safety, service or risk. Add scale so the reader can judge the significance.

Make your evidence easy to verify

Keep employers, titles and dates accurate. Use direct language and include only skills you can support with genuine experience.

ATS keywords for a Administrative Assistant CV

Use relevant terms naturally where they describe your real work. Mirror the job advert's wording, but do not add a skill you cannot evidence.

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Common Administrative Assistant CV mistakes

  1. Using only generic phrases such as organised and hardworking.
  2. Omitting accuracy, volume and turnaround evidence.
  3. Failing to tailor examples to the employer setting.
  4. Sending the same generic summary to every employer instead of reflecting the vacancy's genuine priorities.

Worked example: strengthen one bullet

Evidence-led versionProcessed and quality-checked more than 180 weekly records, maintaining 99.5% accuracy and clearing a three-week backlog within one month.

Use the structure, not the facts. Replace every detail with evidence from your own experience.

Tailor your CV to the job advert

Paste the advert and your current CV. CVOptimise identifies relevant language, rewrites for clarity and keeps your employers, dates and facts intact.

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