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Aug 11, 2015

A PA’s Guide to Confidentiality

As a PA or EA, your ability to handle confidential subjects, issues, emails and documents is essential. And increasingly, PAs are asked in job interviews how they approach the issue of confidentiality. This guide offers insider knowledge that will help you to handle all things confidential with confidence. Confidential emails and digital files The issue of confidentiality is especially pertinent when it comes to handling emails and electronic documents. You’ll probably have access to your manager’s emails, and in most cases, you’re probably the first port-of-call in reading them and responding on their behalf. Here’s how you ...

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Sep 4, 2014

Prepare for New Opportunities

Hopefully you’re reading this having had a fabulous holiday; and hopefully your tan is nicely topped up too! But now, with a huge number of opportunities popping up every day, it’s a great time to look for a new job. So, here’s Tate’s handy summary of the things you should be thinking about before your next interview. Preparation These simple bits of preparation could make a big difference, but are often overlooked: Test the route – candidates still regularly arrive late to interviews, so practice your journey carefully Do your research – interviewers often cite candidates’ lack of ...

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Aug 28, 2014

Personal Assistant Job Description

Whether it’s in taking on a new role or in updating your CV, it’s important to be precise with the personal assistant duties that your role has or will involve, while also being exact as to the extent and regularity of these. With a role varied and demanding as that of a personal assistant, you might think such a task near enough impossible. However, it’s because of this that you need to make the effort to establish the guidelines for prospective employers to be aware of how much you’ve done, while also being explicit as to these boundaries when starting ...

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