FURTHER INFORMATION
If you are a secretary looking for work, a potential secretary looking for training, or an employer in need of staff, there are a few good places to start looking for the solution you’re after.If you already have secretarial experience or training under your belt, the best way to get into a job fast is to sign up to an agency – either a specialised secretarial or office-staff company or a generic employment agency. The demand for short term entry-level secretaries is always high as there is a constant need to relieve permanent employees who are away sick or on holidays. Unfortunately it is not as easy to get a permanent position yourself, so it is also worth reading through job classifieds and signing up for the many job-seeker websites online.
If you are investigating the training possibilities available within the UK for potential secretarial staff, you shouldn’t have too much trouble locating a college or association nearby which offers some form of business or computing course. Within London and the other big cities there are several colleges and schools which offer long term-length courses such as a Business Skills Course, a Business IT Course, a Office Administration Course, or even a Legal Secretary Course. Depending on the qualifications you are after (a course pass, a diploma or certificate, or even a degree), you may need to pay large fees or prove your academic merit prior to being accepted.
If you are looking for staff yourself to replace vacancies or to staff a new office or venture, you can sign up with an agency or call your local Secretarial College. Depending on the speed with which you want to obtain the staff and the level of qualification you are after, you should have little difficulty tracking someone suitable down.