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  • Q&A with Gemma Hughes: Outstanding Achievement Award Winner 2020

    • 8 Jul 2021
    • Imogen Hartley

    The Outstanding Achievement Award at our 2020 PA of the Year Awards felt more meaningful than ever. We caught up with winner Gemma Hughes to find out more about her journey to the awards.

  • The Art of Concentration

    • 23 Jun 2021
    • ILSPA

    In their latest guest post for the SecsintheCity blog, the Institute of Legal Secretaries and PAs provides top tips and expert advice on how to stay concentrated on your workload.

  • Reach Work partners with Watch This Sp_ce on diversity and inclusion consultancy

    • 23 Jun 2021
    • Watch This Sp_ce

    SecsintheCity's parent company Reach Work is partnering with specialist consultancy Watch This Sp_ce to continue driving diversity and inclusion within the business support profession.

  • Q&A with Sarah Kingdom: Office Manager of the Year 2020

    • 17 Jun 2021
    • Ethan Cumming

    After missing out on the top spot at the 2019 PA of the Year Awards, Sarah Kingdom was revealed to be the Office Manager of the Year 2020. We caught up with Sarah to find out more about her role and her experience of the PA of the Year Awards.

  • Setting and Maintaining Healthy Home Working Boundaries

    • 28 May 2021
    • Suzy Sanders

    In her latest guest post for SecsintheCity, Suzy Sanders, Founder of Alchemy Virtual Assistance, reveals her secrets for setting and maintaining healthy home working boundaries.

  • Q&A with Tanya Jennings: Legal PA of the Year 2020

    • 24 May 2021
    • Ethan Cumming

    We caught up with Legal PA of the Year 2020 Tanya Jennings to find out more about both her career to date and her experience of last year’s PA of the Year Awards.

  • Free Online Courses

    Free online courses for PAs, EAs and Business Support Professionals

    • 30 Apr 2021
    • SecsintheCity

    We remain as passionate and dedicated as ever regarding your personal and professional development, in this article we've found the best free online courses currently available for PAs, EAs and other business support professionals.

  • How to build your own personal brand with the PA Way founder Skevi Constantinou

    • 15 Apr 2021

    We recently caught up with Skevi Constantinou, founder of the PA Way, to ask her advice on how PAs and EAs can begin to build their own personal brand.

  • How We Are Making SecsintheCity More Accessible

    • 22 Mar 2021

    We are committed to making SecsintheCity accessible to as many people as possible. Here is an overview of the steps we have taken so far.

  • What is it like to job hunt with Joss Search & SecsintheCity?

    • 19 Mar 2021
    • Joss Search

    What's it like to use SecsintheCity and specialist recruitment consultancy Joss Search in your job hunt? Find out in this insightful interview with a recently placed candidate!

  • Self-Employed as a Virtual Assistant - Is It for Me?

    • 24 Feb 2021
    • Suzy Sanders of Alchemy VA

    In this guest post, Alchemy VA founder Suzy Sanders reveals what it really takes to become a self-employed Virtual Assistant.

  • The Big Ideas Shaping the Business Support Profession in 2021

    • 28 Jan 2021
    • Ethan Cumming

    At the hopeful dawn of a new year, we reached out to trusted recruitment consultancy clients and industry experts to find out about the big ideas and trends set to shape the business support profession in 2021.

  • Going Virtual: An Interview with Alchemy VA’s Suzy Sanders

    • 26 Jan 2021
    • Ethan Cumming

    In 2016, driven by desire for more fulfilment, flexibility and freedom, Suzy Sanders founded Alchemy VA. We caught up with Suzy to find out more about the challenges and benefits of starting a virtual assistance business.

  • One businesswoman proves VA start-ups can still thrive despite COVID

    • 21 Dec 2020
    • Alchemy VA

    As the admin and business support services sector continues to rise, one Northamptonshire VA is proving that business support start-ups can still succeed in the changing landscape.

  • Like a Boss: An interview with The PA Way founder Skevi Constantinou

    • 10 Dec 2020
    • Ethan Cumming

    The PA Way was founded by Skevi Constantinou back in 2018 after waking from a particularly inspiring dream. In this interview, we find out how Skevi has fared in 2020 and what lies in store for The PA Way in the new year.

  • PAs: How to Optimise Your CV for Covid-19 Job Hunting

    • 28 Oct 2020
    • TopCV

    In this guest article, the experts from TopCV disclose top tips and helpful hints for PAs looking to optimise their CVs for Covid-19 job hunting.

  • Life as a PA in 2020

    • 15 Oct 2020
    • Ethan Cumming

    We spoke with industry leading experts and members of the SecsintheCity community to find out about life as a PA in 2020 and what the future holds for the role.

  • Q&A with Viktorija Albert: PA of the Year Finalist 2019

    • 15 Sep 2020

    We spoke with PA of the Year finalist Viktorija about her career journey and experience of last year's awards.

  • Q&A with Keeley Lawrence: PA of the Year Finalist 2019

    • 8 Sep 2020

    We caught up with PA of the Year 2019 finalist Keeley Lawrence to find out about her experience.

  • Q&A with Zoe Rana: PA of the Year Finalist 2019

    • 2 Sep 2020

    We catch up with PA of the Year 2019 finalist Zoe Rana for a Q&A about her career history and what it was like to be nominated for the PA of the Year Awards.