People often talk about the role of PA, (Personal Assistant) as if it were the kind of job that is always the same, but the role of PA can vary greatly from company to company. In big companies there may be a few PAs, in smaller companies there may only be one. But one thing is for sure, PAs do varied and interesting work and it is a popular job.
The best way of getting started is to enlist with a recruitment agency to get different kinds of work, in different environments. Talk to the PAs there. What kind of role do they have? What is expected of them? Are they a real ‘Girl Friday’ or are they viewed as part of the management team?
Eventually you will get a feel for whether you want to work as a PA in a large, corporate organisation, or whether you would prefer to work in a smaller, perhaps family run company. Then get your recruitment agency to seek out any kind of administrative role in a company that appeals to you. When you start make sure that you are punctual, reliable, that you show initiative and that you start to become viewed as someone that really needs to be around, in order for everything to run smoothly. Then you should land a secretarial job, providing you have the typing and administrative skills (if you don’t make sure that you get them). Then from being a secretary you are well placed to start looking for a PA role, in a company that is suited to your needs.
A PA has to be adaptable, flexible and command a presence of being there to make everything run like clockwork. These are skills that are built up over time, but once you have them, then your career will simply take off into another realm !
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