Personal Assistant
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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
What's it like to be a Personal Assistant?
Personal Assistants commonly work for senior managers in a business, politicians and celebrities. Their task is to assist their client with various tasks such as planning schedules, taking calls and organising transportation. Personal Assistants provide one-on-one support and sometimes work on-call to assist their clients outside of regular working hours.
Tasks and duties
- Scheduling meetings, taking messages and booking appointments.
- Running personal errands such as buying food, picking up children and dropping off laundry.
- Updating a client’s schedule and advising them of upcoming events.
- Storing, organising and documenting meetings, messages and other communication.
How to become a Personal Assistant
Although a degree is not required for this career, studies and/or experience relating to business administration and customer service may be beneficial.
Consider completing a bachelor degree in business administration.
Gain experience. You could start off in an entry-level customer service role. Alternatively you could volunteer as an assistant for a manager in a non-government organisation, an influencer or politician.
