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Do you have basic commercial training and would you like 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? For example, are you interested in training or further training to become an executive secretary? Do you have commercial assistance skills? Then why not make your dream of further training come true and complete the relevant training.

As the right-hand man of the management or director of a company, you will work hand in hand with top management as an executive assistant. You will support the company management in all administrative matters. You will 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 on the Swiss training portal.

Questions and answers

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

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.

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.
During the two-semester continuing education, further training to become a management secretary, you will receive in-depth training in German and English. In addition, you will acquire in-depth user knowledge of MS Office and a sound knowledge of economics and business administration. The following modules are taught:
  • German correspondence
  • German business communication
  • English BEC Vantage
  • Computer science
  • BUSINESS STUDIES
  • ECONOMICS
  • Law
  • Accounting

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Website des Schweizerischen Sekretariats für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation SBFI , Website www.berufsberatung.ch (offizielles schweizerisches Informationsportal der Studien-, Berufs- und Laufbahnberatung) sowie Websites und anderweitige Informationen der Berufsverbände und Bildungsanbieter.

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Address:
Vulkanstrasse 106
8048 Zürich
Benedict-Schulen Schweiz
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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The Minerva advantage - close to the market with needs-oriented courses. Minerva is one of the leading schools in basic commercial education, where young people and adults are successfully trained and further educated. Minerva is part of the Kalaidos Education Group Switzerland, the largest private education provider in Switzerland. Whether full-time school or extra-occupational courses, Minerva offers optimal conditions for achieving the desired goals. The basis for its success is the high quality and the flexible and practical school concept, which is constantly adapting to the conditions and needs of today's world.
Strengths: Interest and motivation through innovation, bilingual courses, exclusive range of courses, intensive support and individual advice, motivating working and learning atmosphere, central location
Region: Aargau, Basel, Bern, Ostschweiz, Zentralschweiz, Zürich
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