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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators

Practically Perfect PA

I decided to leave my previous employee in June 2010 but was job hunting for 6 months and when I did get the role I am in currently I had to complete a detailed application form, attend three interviews and sit two psychometric tests (for language and numerical skills). However, this just isn’t the case anymore.

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Quick, Practical and Dirty – How to Assess Your PA Brand

Practically Perfect PA

Not being invited to join the right committees / projects. I don’t mean bragging about it, I mean educating others about it. So many of us want change in our professional lives and for so many reasons. Often it is because we are: Not getting recognised. Not getting promoted. The list can go on and on. A 3 way win!

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators Part 2

Practically Perfect PA

I held a training seminar and Committee meeting on the day that the second planned terrorist attack occurred in London in 2007. The Committee meeting was one step too far and we cancelled that for another day. You should refer back to your core PA/EA skills for this one. I always use the following example. “

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Concomitantly, over the last three years I've served as a committee member and conference organizer with an educational nonprofit. Well, the educational field is dismal and I've given up on the teaching career. So when they get that job hunting email, it's just a typical update.

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