Includes administrative assistants. Secretaries relieve officials of clerical work and minor administrative and business detail by scheduling appointments, giving information to callers, taking dictation, composing and typing routine correspondence, reading and routing incoming mail, and filing correspondence and other records. They may perform various other assigned clerical duties. Does not include medical and legal secretaries. There are approximately 11,270-13,770 secretaries currently employed in Sacramento and Yolo Counties.
Many jobs are union.
About 215-265 job openings are projected per year due to a net increase in occupation size. Most employers require 1-3 years of prior experience, although most are willing to accept training as a substitute for experience. Some jobs are 20-32 hours per week. Many fill openings by hiring referrals from employees. Some fill openings by hiring referrals from private employment agencies.