Why The Personal And Executive Assistants Are Critical Assets To The Organizations.
Personal Assistants, Executive Assistants. Personal Secretaries and Administrative Office Assistants are prestigious job roles like other essential professionals that work together to build successful and sustainable organisations. Unfortunately, the roles have not been accorded the best deserved respect, because, traditionally, the job function was only focused on providing tactical support to the managers and executives. Most people that occupy the roles are perceived not to have good education and special skills except typing speed, shot handwriting and pouring out words verbatim with no value add.
In the modern business environment, the above negative perception can no longer hold. The job is becoming competitive, and more is being demanded from the job holders. They are now required to provide strategic support, helping the executives and managers they partner with to be more effective, efficient and contributing value add to the achievement of the corporate goals and objectives. These developments imply that only the exceptionally performing individuals with special education and skills can now get in and keep the job.