Disseminate messages to people

Description

Receive, process, and pass messages to people coming from phone calls, faxes, postal, and emails.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 8 occupations
  • Optional in 4 occupations
  • Total: 12 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 4 (Clerical support workers)

Essential for

  • Administrative assistant
    Administrative assistants perform administrative and office support for supervisors. They perform various tasks, such as answering telephone calls, receiving and directing visitors…
  • Executive assistant
    Executive assistants are advanced administrative professionals who work with top-level executives or in international facilities in various industries. They organise meetings, orga…
  • Secretary
    Secretaries perform a variety of administrative tasks to help keep an organisation run smoothly. They answer telephone calls, draft and send e-mails, maintain diaries, arrange appo…
  • Office clerk
    Office clerks are responsible for performing clerical and administrative duties in an office setting and support of business operations within a department. They assist all the adm…
  • Management assistant
    Management assistants perform varied types of jobs, usually under general supervision. They carry out administrative tasks and support managers to ensure the entire department func…
  • House sitter
    House sitters move in the house of their employers in order to maintain security of the property during their absence. They monitor entrance areas and prevent unauthorized persons …
  • Receptionist
    Receptionists are responsible for the reception area of a business. They answer the phone, greet guests, pass information, respond to inquiries and instruct visitors. They are the …
  • Investment clerk
    Investment clerks assist with the administration of investments such as stocks, bonds or other securities and perform general clerical duties in the investment sector of a financia…

Optional for

  • Domestic housekeeper
    Domestic housekeepers are responsible for all the household activities in a private house. They oversee and execute duties according to the needs of the employer such as cooking, c…
  • Usher
    Ushers assist visitors by showing their way in a big building such as a theatre, stadium or concert hall. They check visitors' tickets for authorized access, give directions to…
  • Human resources assistant
    Human resources assistants provide support in all the processes and efforts carried by human resources managers. They help in the preparation of recruitment processes by scanning C…
  • Parliamentary assistant
    Parliamentary assistants provide support to officials and politicians of regional, national and international parliaments and undertake logistical tasks. They revise official docum…

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Last updated on February 18, 2026

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