Canberra · Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant resume for Canberra roles

Built for Administrative Assistant job seekers in Canberra. Score your resume against the PageUp and Workday configurations federal government and defence employers actually use — and fix what's keeping you out of interviews.

• Calibrated for Administrative Assistant ads on Seek, LinkedIn and Indeed
• Pre-loaded with Administrative Assistant keywords (calendar management, diary, Microsoft 365…)
• Canberra-aware: federal government, defence, consulting hiring patterns baked in
• Australian English throughout — no US spellings
• CAR-framework bullets with quantified achievements
• Free ATS score — no signup required

Which ATS systems screen Administrative Assistants in Canberra

Australian EA / admin roles screen heavily on Microsoft 365 fluency, discretion and exec-level support history. In Canberra, the dominant industries are federal government, defence, consulting, research — and the recruitment platforms those employers run on shape what gets surfaced to a human.

• PageUp
• Workday
• SEEK Talent Search
• JobAdder

Administrative Assistant resume pitfalls that get you screened out

• No mention of the seniority of execs supported (CEO? GM? two directors?)
• Tools listed generically ('MS Office') instead of by component (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneNote)
• Confidential / board-paper handling not flagged
• No travel / expense system named (Concur, Expensify)

Page-one must-haves for a Administrative Assistant

• Seniority of executives supported, in the summary
• Microsoft 365 components and any travel / expense tooling
• Discretion and confidentiality flagged (board papers, payroll, HR)
• One bullet about a process you improved or owned end-to-end

Must-have keywords for a Administrative Assistant in Canberra

Most ATS platforms used in ACT (PageUp, Workday, SEEK Talent Search) match exact-phrase keywords first, then weight job-title alignment. Build your resume around terms like these — used naturally, not stuffed:

• calendar management
• diary
• Microsoft 365
• minutes
• travel
• expenses

Frequently asked questions

Is the Administrative Assistant job market strong in Canberra?

Federal government, defence and consulting drive the hiring market. Administrative Assistant hiring tracks closely with that — keep an eye on Seek and LinkedIn job-trend data for the freshest view.

Should my resume mention Canberra explicitly?

Yes. Most Australian ATS configurations (including PageUp and Workday) weight location, so include your Canberra suburb in the header and reference any local employers, projects or postgraduate study.

What ATS keywords matter most for a Administrative Assistant?

For Administrative Assistants the highest-signal keywords are calendar management, diary, Microsoft 365, minutes. Use them in context (in achievement bullets) rather than dumping them into a skills list.