There is a common misconception today about the role of a personal assistant. Some people seem to think that a personal assistant's job is to run errands, get coffee, be receptionist or hang around and perform some secretarial duties as and when needed.
However, the role of a Personal Assistant has changed tremendously, since the tranditional type secretarial role. Many successful business people have utilised their personal assisant's skills to maximise their productivity.
Top Level Personal Assistants
Top level assistants are known as Lifestyle Managers, Executive Assistants and Board Level Personal Assistants. These assistants generally work for the Chairman, CEO's, Managing Directors, Celebrities, Wealthy Individuals and Sports Stars. These top level personal assistants manage and organise both business and personal affairs for these individuals.
It is important to consider the level of assistance you will need before you hire someone to assist you. If you are a home business or an individual you may want to consider hiring a top level Virtual Personal Assistant because of the benefits it will add to your business namely, saving costs and added resources.
Top level Personal Assistants know how to be business managers, they are your confidant, know how to delegate work to others and make life easier. A good personal assistant often does more thant what they are being paid for.
Attributes of a top level personal assistant:
- Strong work ethics.
- Strong PR and effective communication skills.
- Leadership and problem solving skills.
- The ability to multi-task under pressure.
- The ability to display self discipline.
- The ability to organise and be organised.
- The ability to manage projects.
- Be proactive and come up with solution.
- Flexibility and be adabtable.
Ultimately, a personal assistant works alongside you as your right hand person. The more work they can handle the more value they add to you.
Having a good personal assistant can play a key role in your success as an individual!
2 comments:
This is becoming a vital part of our world, especially with the credit crunch, where people are being made redundant. It's a perfect way to keep your business going and reduce costs.
With the increase of home-based business and specialisation in industry with a higher demand for professionalism and faster results, a pa who is vitually available and can handle pressure is an absolute necessity.
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