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The Importance of Discretion and Trust in Family Office Executive Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

They might manage staff, facilities, and technology, make travel arrangements, and keep accurate business records. Communicate Effectively : During the interview(s), discuss your needs and what you’re looking for to ensure it will be a good match professionally and personally.

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Partnering with an Executive Assistant Staffing Agency: Benefits for Hiring Managers and Organizations

C-Suite Assistants

Complex travel arrangements, calendar management, and keeping up with technical innovations are only part of what an excellent executive assistant needs to do for you. Time-Consuming Recruitment Until you have done it, it’s hard to imagine the amount of time hiring executive assistants can take.

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Maximizing Productivity: Why Every Business Owner Needs an Executive Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

An assistant can handle many lower-level chores, such as answering phone calls, responding to email inquiries, scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, creating presentations and maintaining your schedule. Because marketing, sales, communications, operations, team building, and strategizing all take enormous work.

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What makes a great administrative assistant?

Page Personnel

Administrative assistants also often work closely with senior-level employees and executives to take care of organisational duties such as answering phones, booking meetings and making travel arrangements on their behalf.

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Hiring an Executive Assistant for the First Time

C-Suite Assistants

After interviewing 50 high-level assistants she created a presentation to address this gap. An executive assistant we recently met from Atlanta who was working at a large company realized many of the company executives didn’t know how to fully utilize their EAs. Over 350 senior executives attended her presentation.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

Today’s EAs are strategic partners who manage projects, make travel arrangements, and participate in high-level decision-making processes. Questions to Ask During EA Interviews & What to Look for in Responses Effective interviewing is crucial to identifying the best candidate for an executive assistant role.

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coworkers are attacking people over grammar, responding to alumni networking requests, and more

Ask a Manager

Information interview requests from fellow alumni. I proceeded to field phone calls from the rep and my manager as the schedule was worked out and travel arrangements were made and I rearranged things to be gone for the week instead of overnight. Leaving a thank-you note immediately after your interview. Don’t do it!