What is the job of an executive administrative assistant like?
Is it like a customer service department, but not as busy. Will I be doing a lot of paperwork? Online searching for the best flights?
What do exec. admin. assistants really do? Please be detailed in your answer. It will really help me decide on a career path! Do you think this is a bad career path?
A lot of this depends on the boss. Some bosses use their assistants as just that – assistants. They have decision-making authority, they may have some budget responsibility, the run meetings with little supervision, etc.
Other bosses favor the "administrative" part of the title – filing, scheduling meetings, reviewing and sorting snail mail/email, screening phone calls, making travel arrangements.
It is a career path that can get you a lot of exposure to top management, but it is not a path that provides for a lot of advancement – once you’ve been exec assistant to a sr. VP or company president, where else can you move up to?
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A lot of them do whatever they are asked. It could be a wide range of duties from word processing to making slide presentations. You have to be well rounded to be successful as an admin. On the plus side, most businesses always need an admin.
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A lot of this depends on the boss. Some bosses use their assistants as just that – assistants. They have decision-making authority, they may have some budget responsibility, the run meetings with little supervision, etc.
Other bosses favor the "administrative" part of the title – filing, scheduling meetings, reviewing and sorting snail mail/email, screening phone calls, making travel arrangements.
It is a career path that can get you a lot of exposure to top management, but it is not a path that provides for a lot of advancement – once you’ve been exec assistant to a sr. VP or company president, where else can you move up to?
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