I loved my job working at inputting data entries. I had been doing this job for seven years. The atmosphere and colleagues were great. The managers had very good managerial and people skills and they would often have all the staff out for a social evening. One of my colleagues and my best friend wanted
Increasingly, we are witnessing Executive PAs and senior PA’s becoming involved in projects. Their involvements vary from lending support to their boss who has sponsored the project, acting as an intermediary between him and the Project Manager or team, to being lent out to the Project Team to work within the project itself. Growth in
Here is an example of an executive PA who shows how she advanced her career and salary. She progressed from a Secretarial position and then to a PA. Finally, she got a big move upwards to Executive PA. I started as a Secretary I was working as a secretary after finishing school for years and
I left school with a few GCSEs and moved into retail in a department store. My childhood boyfriend went on to college and trained as a plumber. We had great dreams for our future together. We wanted to start our family while we were young so just before he qualified, we got married. It was
I was born seven years after my sister and the last of four children. My three older sisters were very protective of me and my parents simply adored me. I was happy and carefree. Although I did well at school, I did not have the drive to have a career like my sisters. I worked
Of all the methods of social media, LinkedIn is the most obvious one for professionals who are looking for a job. You will need to use all of LinkedIn’s functions effectively in order to get the most of the network. Ensure that you have a complete profile It is essential that you complete all the
Your manager and yourself will mutually agree on your work objectives. Corporate and Departmental objectives are cascaded down to your personal aims. They will document the expectations of your work, over the coming year. Therefore, objectives draw your contributions into corporate aims. Why Do We Have Objectives? The objectives will define your role within the
Virtual Assistants, or VAs, are often self-employed individuals or small companies that provide PA services remotely to their corporate clients. This is often run as a home business, by experienced PAs who have started working for themselves. The rise of this industry has been made possible through the Internet and the ability to enable remote
I am an Executive PA in a prestigious corporate company. I have been working here for the last 12 years and I am extremely happy and proud of my role in this organisation. My boss is the CEO with envious management skills. He is well respected in the office and the business world. We are
Redundancies are something that is very common when the economy is slow. At the moment, many large companies are preparing to make large scale redundancies. There are few people who will not know of anyone, either at work or outside of work, who has not faced redundancy. How to Cope with Redundancy This article focuses
