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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. On a piece of paper (I know I’m being old fashioned) write down 3 headings: Soft skills. Think about what skills people come to you for, what experiences you have that people talk to you about and what areas of expertise people ask you to help them with.

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

Practically Perfect PA

You should refer back to your core PA/EA skills for this one. This question is asking you to demonstrate which skills you call on to resolve problems. I held a training seminar and Committee meeting on the day that the second planned terrorist attack occurred in London in 2007. 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

My question regards the difficulty I am having in reentering the admin support field despite the fact that I have ten years of office management and administrative support experience. I thoroughly enjoy the diversity of these positions, the project management, and the role of admin support. Cast a wider net and be flexible.

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