When NELP looked at the mid-wage jobs with the weakest growth during the recovery period, secretaries and administrative assistants were at number two.

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It says it expects that "a period of subdued economic recovery in the UK will be accompanied by a period of modest growth in our market, and that this will be sustained for several years".

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