作为日常任务的一部分，秘书独立承担支持经理和专业人员的必要管理任务。秘书任务包括：确保文件的质量，提供办公用品，纠正文本，进行布局，整理和分发文件。，编辑文件和设计演示文稿，电子表格，视觉设计文件，将文本和数据输入计算机，跟进业务往来信件，保持议程最新，组织会议和活动，执行会计任务（簿记，银行存款，跟进供应商和客户帐户），执行文档管理，提供客户服务，偶尔提供技术支持以供使用设备和整合新员工，翻译文本，更新在Internet网站和社交媒体上传播的信息。
As part of their daily tasks, secretaries independantly assume the administrative tasks necessary to support managers and professionals. Secretarial tasks consist of: Assure the quality of documents, Contribute to the office supplies, Correct texts, do layouts, collate and distribute documents., Edit documents and designing presentations, spreadsheets, visual design of documents, Enter texts and data into a computer, Follow up on business correspondence, Keep agendas up to date, Organise meetings and events, Perform accounting tasks (bookkeeping, bank deposits, follow up on supplier and client accounts), Perform document management, Provide customer service, Provide technical support on occasion for using equipment and integrating new employees, Translate texts, Update the information diffused on Internet sites and social media.