Personal Assistant
Provide administrative and secretarial support to senior staff or private employers.
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- What's it like to be a Personal Assistant?
- How to become a Personal Assistant
- Latest Personal Assistant jobs
- Top skills and experience for Personal Assistants
- Personal Assistant role reviews
What's it like to be a Personal Assistant?
Personal Assistants help business executives, managers and private employers manage their day-to-day activities. This means handling schedules, reservations, correspondence, staffing, travel arrangements, note-taking, research and project management, among other tasks. For Personal Assistants who manage households, tasks can include scheduling home and car maintenance, carrying out errands and planning events.
Tasks and duties
- Sorting emails and messages.
- Screening calls.
- Prioritising tasks.
- Scheduling and making arrangements for meetings, appointments or travel.
- Liaising with clients, managers or suppliers on behalf of an employer.
- Attending meetings and taking notes.
- Maintaining records and files.
- Running errands.
How to become a Personal Assistant
You can become a Personal Assistant without a formal qualification, however employers generally prefer candidates with a high school diploma or college degree and relevant training in office administration or secretarial work.
- Complete secondary education.
- Consider completing a bachelor degree in business administration.
- Gain experience as an office assistant, secretary or junior officer.
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Skills and experience employers are looking for
Having the right skills and experience can make you an in-demand applicant. Personal Assistant employers on Jobstreet are looking for job seekers with expertise in the following areas. Travel Coordination
Secretarial Practice
Email
Flying
Administrative Support
Minute Taking
Filing System
Appointment Setting
Multitasking
Time Management
Organised
Microsoft Office
Drafting Correspondence
Confidentiality
Communication Skills
Prioritisation
Thoroughness
Calendar Management
Report Preparation
Correspondence Management
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Latest Personal Assistant reviews
Nov 2022
Need to be mindful and positive thinking
Reviewer's QualificationBachelor of Arts
Experience10+ years
Organisation sizeMedium (20-199 employees)
SpecialisationAdministration & Office Support
The good thingsLearn to be flexible and accept add hoc challenges
The challengesGuidance on some specific knowledge and to search for more information
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Nov 2022
It's suitable for people who seeking for comfortable, easy and admin jobs.
ExperienceLess than a year
Organisation sizeSmall (1-19 employees)
SpecialisationEngineering
The good thingsDoing the same things all the time, feel easy and comfort.
The challengesFinding the right supplier or house agent.
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