Personal assistants are the go-between for the executive or executives for whom they work and their colleagues and people from other businesses. They take care of all the day-to-day running of the office, schedule the appointments, and if they have junior secretaries assisting them, delegate their work for them. They will decide whether or not to handle incoming phone calls themselves, keep order in the office, organise materials and filing, assist in collating information and writing reports and in general prepare the day’s activities for their manager. At the highest level, they will stand in at meetings or conferences for the executives they represent, liaise with outside personnel, and make decisions in their superior’s absence.
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2012
