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Other Personal Assistants and Other Secretaries

As a personal assistant or secretary, you play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of an executive's day-to-day activities. Your organizational prowess and interpersonal skills not only enhance productivity but also contribute significantly to the success of businesses across the UK and beyond.

Other Personal Assistants and Other Secretaries

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Business and Management

AI IMPACT
AI EXPOSURE TODAY48
20-YEAR SCENARIO
NOT A FORECAST
86%
THE DOOR · ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAYC
STARTING PAY£20,000 - £24,000
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.

THE DOOR: ENTRY DIFFICULTY TODAY, graded A (easy) to E (extremely hard). A Careermash rule-of-thumb index built from our AI exposure index and the job's moat class. It is not a forecast and not a count of job openings.

AI EXPOSURE TODAY is a Careermash index from 0 to 100 of how exposed this job's everyday tasks are to AI today. We estimate it by matching published research on how people use AI to this job, usually by keyword or subject area, and we lower it where the work is protected (for example by physical, personal or legal requirements). It is not a direct measurement of how much people in this job use AI.

AI helps here, but has not taken over
AI exposure for this job is below 50 on our index, and the day-to-day work still leans on a person to decide, check and take responsibility. Nothing formally protects this job though, so the safest move is to keep building the judgement AI cannot yet copy.

Career progression path

1FIRST STEPJunior Personal AssistantIn this entry-level role, you will support senior staff by managing schedules and performing administrative tasks. This is a great opportunity to learn the ropes of office management and develop your skills.£20,000 - £24,000
2GAINING EXPERIENCEMid-Level Personal AssistantAs a mid-level assistant, you will take on more responsibility, including project management and liaising with clients. Your experience will allow you to work more independently and contribute to strategic planning.£26,000 - £32,000
3PEAK CAREERSenior Executive AssistantIn this senior position, you will oversee a team of assistants and manage high-level executive schedules. Your strategic input will be crucial in shaping office operations and enhancing productivity.£38,000+

The degree route

Courses in this career's subject area, from the live library of 35,000; every one is AI impact assessed through its actual graduate destinations.

🎓Finance and AccountingDancebox Theatre Works · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£49,000 median
🎓Business Management With Information SystemsWest Herts College · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£32,000 median
🎓International Tourism Management (with Foundation Year)University of Bedfordshire · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£31,000 median
🎓Business ManagementTeesside University · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£30,000 median
🎓Modern Languages (German and Italian) and ManagementUniversity of St Andrews · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£30,000 median
🎓Business Management (Accelerated)Anglia Ruskin University · the card page · will AI take its jobs?£29,000 median

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There is more than one way in

You do not have to go the university route to get here. There is also a vocational route that skips a degree entirely. Some employers will take you on here with no formal qualifications at all, if you can show you can do the work.

Degree subjects that lead this way

Courses in this career's subject area, from the same register that priced the degree above. Subject-matched, not a guaranteed qualifying route: check each course's own entry requirements and any professional accreditation before you rely on it.