what qualities does a secretary need

A competant secretary is apractical person with a full measure of  common sense and unfailing memory. His posision requires great intrest in his work and facility in handling work in an orderly manner ability and patience to excute routine details knowledge  of the methods by with office  detail can be performed economically capacity tact and experience in supevising  skilled and unskilled office workers. As deduced from the experience of top- notch secretarial we canmention only a few of the qualities which would make a perfect secretary.