Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Does not pass

• Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 10.6% of the role's time · $3.8B · waiting on a check

• Manage and maintain executives' schedules.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 8.5% of the role's time · $3.1B

• Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.8% of the role's time · $2.8B · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Perform general office duties, such as ordering supplies, maintaining records management database systems, and performing basic bookkeeping work.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 7.7% of the role's time · $2.8B

• Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email.

  physical work, outside the screen · 7.4% of the role's time · $2.7B

• Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 7.1% of the role's time · $2.6B · waiting on a check

• Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to specific individuals.

  physical work, outside the screen · 6.0% of the role's time · $2.2B

• Coordinate and direct office services, such as records, departmental finances, budget preparation, personnel issues, and housekeeping, to aid executives.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.6% of the role's time · $2.1B

• File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.

  physical work, outside the screen · 5.6% of the role's time · $2.0B

• Make travel arrangements for executives.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.2% of the role's time · $1.9B

• Read and analyze incoming memos, submissions, and reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.0% of the role's time · $1.8B · waiting on a check

• Provide clerical support to other departments.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 4.7% of the role's time · $1.7B · waiting on a check

• Prepare agendas and make arrangements, such as coordinating catering for luncheons, for committee, board, and other meetings.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 3.2% of the role's time · $1.2B

• Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by executives, committees, and boards of directors.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 3.0% of the role's time · $1.1B

• Interpret administrative and operating policies and procedures for employees.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 2.3% of the role's time · $829M

• Set up and oversee administrative policies and procedures for offices or organizations.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.8% of the role's time · $666M

• Meet with individuals, special interest groups, and others on behalf of executives, committees, and boards of directors.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.6% of the role's time · $580M

• Review operating practices and procedures to determine whether improvements can be made in areas such as workflow, reporting procedures, or expenditures.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.6% of the role's time · $571M

• Attend meetings to record minutes.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 1.5% of the role's time · $535M · waiting on a check

• Process payroll information.

  reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 1.4% of the role's time · $522M

• Supervise and train other clerical staff and arrange for employee training by scheduling training or organizing training material.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 1.4% of the role's time · $512M

• Compile, transcribe, and distribute minutes of meetings.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 1.1% of the role's time · $397M · waiting on a check