what is the difference between an executive secretary, a secretary and

[glitter]

an administrative assistant? and plz specify the duties for each of the 3 positions and which one is better?

[Older and Wiser]

The last two are the exact same with different titles. Receptionist works for that one too. The only difference with the first one is you work for a more important boss.

[Keely H]

the executive is top dog, secretary the executives assistant and administrative to do all the other mundane bits that the others dont want to do....

[Katie W]

It depends on the actual position. A lot of companies (and people) use the terms interchangeably, to make "a secretary" sound better. Some companies actually do make a distinction between them -- for example, an executive secretary might be a head secretary of a pool of company secretaries. Or, might be the exclusive secretary for a company exec. However, you don't know what a particular position is until you've researched what that particular position is defined as by the company.

[UNITool]

That's going to vary company to company; but largely they're all different terms for the same thing.

[Nikolas S]

The size of the salary that the boss is willing to pay that goes with the eye-closing BS title!