Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I have tried to research what the next level(s) up is, I can't seem to find any information. Do you by chance know what it takes to get up there? Sincerely, Anonymous” Dear NK, Thank you for the great question and btw, your wording of it was great! :) No need for me to “pretty it up!” I was wondering about career path.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

However, as we navigate the complexities of modern business environments, we can’t ignore the need for advanced documentation techniques for some procedures. ChatGPT or Gemini : For speeding up the process of creating, editing, and improving procedures. It can be scanned into a digital format and referenced from anywhere, by anyone.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I have the Assist Conference up and running and I can not begin to tell you the amount of lists I have produced to help me keep on top of all of the details. Rebecca is a PA and Office Manager at Adaptive Labs, an innovative start-up based in Shoreditch. Rebecca will be taking part in our Working Environments panel session.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

Training budgets dissipated, opportunities dried up, and assistants had larger workloads without staffing backups. Single support executive assistants now juggled multiple managers. It would be easy to simply throw up one’s hands and say, “It’s okay to just survive!” We’ve come through and now, the economy is healing.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Obtaining funds from work to complete training in the current environment is difficult. Yes, interpersonal comms, IT related courses to keep up with the changes from when I started 30 years ago on an manual typewriter! I did an NVQ to level 3 and have attended several PA courses to keep my skills up to date. Not yet no.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. No hello, no trying to chat them up, or loiter to see if any celebrities were there. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. And once you’re in, you’re in.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. I stand back, and begin moving notes until the ideas start flowing into easy categories: Blog, Projects, Home, Family, Health - etc. "Heads Up. I write down one task or to-do on a Post-It, and put it up on a wall.

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