I work for a busy Middle Eastern entrepreneur, who is permanently travelling the globe on behalf of his family textile business, which has factories mainly in Bangladesh but has its Head Office in Dubai. When I took on the role it was explained that I was expected to be on call 24/7 as a personal
The aim of many PAs is to move from a PA role to an Executive PA job. However, there are many areas of skill and work experience that are required in order to progress your career to this level. In order to achieve this; varying levels of work experience will be required and also appropriate
I started my career with my first job in the accounts department. I was very good at mathematics and achieved good grades at GCSE so this was the ideal job for me. I was happy and was given more responsibility over the years together, of course, with the relevant pay increases. My old colleagues were
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 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
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
