ENGLISH FOR SECRETARY AND OFFICE STAFF A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PROFESSIONALS

According to Wiktionary, the word ‘secretary’ comes from Latin word

‘secretarius’ which means a confidential clerk or secretary. A secretary is a

person who maintains a company’s secret documents or files. There are several

titles that can be used to refer to a company secretary, including a department

secretary, an administrative assistant, a personal secretary, a secretary to

the management, a senior secretary or an executive secretary. Secretary is

considered to be one of the most significant roles in any company. It seems

that a busy employer hires a secretary to help with overload work. Her role is

to facilitate the management’s ability to perform the truly critical tasks. As a

result, a good secretary needs to be adaptable, skilled, precise, efficient, and

always eager to learn new things.