ation (Pyoria, 2005). The secretarial duties were performed very differently in public and private sectors. The secretarial functions in the public sector were quite insignificant although Aziz Husain (2002)stated the importance of secretaries in the public sector to be professional in their career for the betterment of anizations and departments. Yet, it is still plished. In the world towards global agenda and IT concentration, anizations needed to embrace themselves with a multitalented and knowledgeable workforce, especially in the secretarial position. This study attempted pare the secretarial job functions petencies between public and private sectors and to determine whether there is a need for change in the secretarial job functions petencies in the public sector. Research Objectives