Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Secretaries
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Utah Valley State and Weber State.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Utah State.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Davis Applied Technology College.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Latter-day Saints Business College, College of Eastern Utah, Utah State, and Weber State.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of College of Eastern Utah, Utah State, and Weber State.
Excellence
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Mountainland Applied Technology College, Utah State, and College of Eastern Utah.
Working as a Secretary in Utah
Secretaries perform the many administrative tasks needed to coordinate day-to-day business. They may support any department in a company, school, legal office, government agency or hospital. Read a detailed Secretary job description and schools overview.
The State of Utah does not regulate the practices of secretaries. The International Association of Administrative Professionals offers resources for professional development, including these local chapters: IAAP-Golden Spike, IAAP-Sal-Ute, IAAP-Timp Valley and IAAP-Wasatch.
Major Industries
Secretaries in Utah can work for almost any company, government agency, school or organization in any industry. Most commonly, they work for:
- Private and public corporations
- Universities and government
- Administrative support services
Major Employers
A few representative employers of secretaries in Utah include:
- Autoliv, Incorporated (Manufacturing)
- State of Utah (Government)
- Intermountain Health Care Incorporated (Health Insurance)
- Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Incorporated (Retail Grocery Store Chain)
- The University of Utah (University)
- The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Religious Organization)
- Flying J Corporation (Oil and Gas)
- Huntsman Corporation (Manufacturing)
- Skywest, Incorporated (Airlines)
- Alsco Incorporated (Manufacturing)
- TPUSA, Incorporated (Business Services)
- Zions Bancorporation (Banking)
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