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  • Communicator's Top 5 Tips for managing your inbox

    Communicator's Top 5 Tips for managing your inbox

    • 6 Aug 2015

    With email communication the second most common communication tool after the telephone, it's important to organise your inbox effectively. Here are some top tops from PA of the Year Award sponsor, Communicator.

  • Interview with Rachel Newman - Legal PA of the Yea

    Interview with Rachel Newman - Legal PA of the Year, 2014

    • 21 Jul 2015

    We caught up with last year's Legal PA of the Year, Rachel Newman.

  • Interview with Rowan Forman - Interim PA of the Ye

    Interview with Rowan Forman - Interim PA of the Year, 2014

    • 24 Jun 2015

    We caught up with last year's Interim PA of the Year, Rowan Forman.

  • Raising your game into Management

    Raising your game into Management

    • 12 Jun 2015
    • Global PA Association

    We invite you to join us on 25th June at our popular PA Masterclass 'Raising your Game into Management' PA Masterclass.

  • The Power of Profile: How important is a professional headshot for a Personal Assistant?

    • 4 Mar 2015
    • Jennifer Corcoran

    We live in a visual world with a strong social media presence so we are often judged online before we meet people face to face. It is therefore vitally important for us all to make the most of this first impression where an instant perception is formed in seconds.

  • Top tips to kick start your career

    Top tips to kick start your career

    • 23 Feb 2015

    Recently graduated and actively job seeking? These key career tips from Corinne Mills, MD of Personal Career Management will help you succeed in your job search.

  • Ten Ways to improve productivity for Personal Assistants

    • 13 Feb 2015
    • Tianna Powell

    Staying productive at work can be a challenge and feeling unsatisfied with your day’s accomplishments can be a sinking experience. Over the last year I have been experimenting with techniques to improve productivity and would like to share today.

  • Organising your EA job search

    • 8 Jan 2015
    • Lula Walmsley, Bain and Gray

    If you’re finding that your search for a new EA role is dragging, and you need to up the ante a notch then perhaps you need to systemise your search a bit better.

  • What Private PAs should Expect when interviewing in the US

    • 10 Nov 2014
    • NYCA in association with Rosie Evans

    In this article we ask Erica First, Programming Chair of New York Celebrity Assistants, her top tips for Private PA job interviews in the US.

  • Make your working LIFE easier...

    • 15 Oct 2014
    • LCCI PA Club

    ...by building contacts with the best in the business at LCCI LIFE

  • Moving business support jobs

    Don't be a Job-hopper!

    • 14 Oct 2014
    • Rosie Evans in association with Bain and Gray

    Read about the impact of moving between multiple business support roles and how you can find new challenges in your current role to help you stay in the PA/EA role for longer.

  • SecsintheCity Free CV Clinic comes to office* 2014

    • 2 Sep 2014

    We'll be running a FREE CV Clinic for PAs, EAs and Secretarial professionals at office* 2014 so save the date and come see us at stand 2033 if you're ready to start planning your next move.

  • Interview Tips: Key Questions to ask and NOT to ask

    • 26 Aug 2014
    • Lula Walmsley

    Interviews can be a daunting experience, so it’s really important that you prepare for them well in advance. Not only can preparation make a great difference to your confidence, it is also proven to enhance your chances of being offered roles by up to 40%.

  • How outstanding PAs can shape CEOs of the future

    • 19 Aug 2014
    • Rosie Evans in association with Adam Fidler

    In this article, Adam Fidler, a PA Trainer and guest speaker, shares his experience of working for future CEOs and how those in PA jobs can set an example to their bosses.

  • Private PA Interview Tips

    Private PA Interview Tips

    • 10 Aug 2014
    • Rosie Evans in association with Bonnie Low-Kramen

    An interview for a Private PA job is equally about your skills as it is about the rapport between you and your potential employer. Read our top Private PA interview tips in this article.

  • Do's and don'ts for developing a CV

    Do's and don'ts for developing a CV

    • 9 Aug 2014

    A Curriculum Vitae is a self-marketing tool and getting an interview can depend on how good your CV is. You will need to consider what to include, how much detail is needed and how to make your CV stand out from all the others.

  • The rise of the EA - Nurturing an executive mindset

    • 6 Aug 2014

    As the true value and connectivity of the EA in an organisation becomes more apparent, Career Moves Group explore the need for professional recognition for EAs, and look into the tools required to nurture an executive mindset and 'Rise of the EA'.

  • "Don’t give up the job search over Christmas" says Aspira

    • 4 Dec 2012
    • Ellen Shearman

    Professionals often tend to slow down their job search in the run up to the holidays on the assumption that no one is hiring over this period. Don't be one of them!

  • The PA’s guide to managing increased legislation

    • 29 Nov 2012
    • Caroline Rhodes, DMJ Legal

    Legal professionals working within financial services say the uncertainty surrounding regulatory changes and the instability of the euro are their biggest challenges today.

  • What PAs and Secretaries say about the sector's recruitment process

    • 28 Nov 2012
    • Robert Walters

    75% of secretarial specialists are turned off by a long hiring process, according to recruitment specialists Robert Walters.