What are the necessary qualifications of a successful secretary?

Being a secretary is no easy job so I hope you're good at multi-tasking! :)

I started out as a secretary and some advice I can offer you is to take it one day at a time. Take your job seriously and try to align the business goals with that of your own. Know that you're capable because if you don't respect yourself, no one else will.

There is a website by the name of OfficeArrow.com that offers advice to young professionals like yourself among other things. You might want to refer to it. It would have been a great resource for me when I started out.