What keywords should a administrative assistant resume include?

A administrative assistant resume should include role-specific hard skills (Calendar management, Scheduling, Travel coordination, Expense reporting), the tools you use (Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Workspace), relevant certifications, and strong action verbs. Always mirror the exact terms in the job description you're applying to.

How do I add the right keywords to my resume?

Pull the exact terms from the job posting and weave the ones you genuinely have into your summary, skills and experience. ApplyMate does this automatically — it reads your resume and the job description, then rewrites your resume around the keywords that posting actually asks for, in an ATS-ready layout.

Administrative Assistant Resume Keywords

These are the skills, tools, certifications and verbs an ATS scans for on a administrative assistant resume. Administrative assistants, office coordinators and executive assistants who want a tidy, skills-forward, easy-to-scan layout. Use them as a checklist — then tailor to the exact wording of the job you're applying to.

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Hard skills (11)

Calendar managementSchedulingTravel coordinationExpense reportingData entryDocument preparationMeeting coordinationOffice managementRecords managementEvent planningBookkeeping

Tools & software (7)

Microsoft OfficeOutlookGoogle WorkspaceConcurSlackZoomDocuSign

Certifications (2)

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)Certified Administrative Professional (CAP)

Action verbs (10)

CoordinatedManagedOrganizedScheduledStreamlinedMaintainedSupportedProcessedArrangedReduced

Soft skills (6)

OrganizationCommunicationDiscretionMultitaskingAttention to detailReliability

How to use these keywords

Minimal single column that ATS parses cleanly; a skills block surfaces scheduling, MS Office and coordination keywords.

Mirror the job description. Pull the exact terms from the posting you're applying to — an ATS matches literal phrases, so "RN license" and "registered nurse license" can score differently.
Put keywords where they belong. Skills in a skills section; the rest woven naturally into your summary and experience bullets — never a hidden keyword dump.
Lead bullets with action verbs (Coordinated, Managed, Organized, Scheduled…) and back them with a number.
Don't keyword-stuff. Only claim skills you genuinely have; recruiters read the resume after the ATS does.

The fastest way to find the right keywords for a specific job is to let the tailoring do it for you. ApplyMate reads your resume and the job description, then rewrites your resume around the keywords that posting actually asks for. Start with the Administrative Assistant resume template, or read our guides on resume keywords and tailoring your resume to a job description.

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