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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

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Handing the minutiae of backend support tasks off to a qualified professional allows leaders the calendar capacity to focus on their company’s growth and, more importantly, their own personal peace of mind. “A She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning.

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A day in the life: Katrina Wardell, EA at Dropbox

Practically Perfect PA

My EA function includes booking travel, heavy calendar and email management and organising the site-wide events. Tech is a rapidly growing industry and can be incredibly busy at times, so being able to multitask and adapt is important. I love that there are so many opportunities to take on new tasks and develop yourself.

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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Great Apps for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

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So do assistants think the role has diversified?

Practically Perfect PA

In the past I’d be answering phones, taking memos and maintaining files – nowadays you are an extension of your Executive. ” “When I first started as an EA, I was answering phones, filing, and typing memos. You have to be able to think strategically and offer solutions rather than simply carry out requests.

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wordpress 2.8 update only took me 24 hours!

Loosely Speaking

The only remaining big mess was the admin panel which wasn’t seeing its intended CSS and image files. A colleague recommended reinstallation of the wp-admin files. A reinstall of the wp-includes files seems to have been the answer. This cleaned up the admin panel, but the visual editor was still inoperable. What do YOU do?

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J’adore rapport – working with a new manager

Practically Perfect PA

Asking these questions will enable you to quickly pick up on prioritising their emails, travel plans and meetings. How do they organise their calendar and how do they like to have their meetings set out? What are they focussing on and what are their objectives? What are their frustrations and how can you help to relieve them?