What To Know About Personal Assistants In Miami


By Joanna Walsh


A person who helps to organize her boss to be productive and to work efficiently is an assistant, they keep track of all things to be done for the day and plan for future events or meetings. Their obligation usually extend outside those of an administrative since they support with personal task alongside business ones, as an assistant you should not mix your work with personal pleasures, respect to be maintained between your boss and you to work properly, personal assistants in Miami take into consideration work ethics.

Like every profession, this also has some qualifications, they need bachelor degree in information communication technology, English, one with good excellent communication skills, and those seeking competitive advantage in the market they can take any administrative course and managerial to complement each other. Attachments are advisable for beginners as that gives them some basic knowledge of what happens, what is needed of them and not to mention the experience.

For experience, someone with clerical knowledge, secretarial and commercial work experience of more than two years is commendable. Several secretarial courses are available, these courses include executive secretarial courses and certified public secretaries.

Executive secretary should help the manager to spend their time wisely and productively dealing with secretarial and administrative roles, they are supposed to be knowledgeable of organisation in which they work, aware of key external and internal personnel and understand the organisation policies, aims and goals.

Company directors often rely on secretaries to handle their work with diligence, confidentiality and be discrete. They are given some autonomy to do managerial work if the manager is not around.

They act as managers ears in their absence. This work has a scope which is wide and range from carrying specific projects, updating the manager with accounts, drawing up budgets for approval, liaising with management is crucial for the work, delegating duties and making decisions.

The daily duties of secretaries are answering office calls, making business calls, maintaining diaries, appointment arranging, taking office messages, receiving managers mails, typing and processing mails, doing filing, arranging meetings, arranging transport, maintaining database, maintaining and implementing administrative procedures, contacting staff, creditors and customers, preparing reports, making presentation and writing letters.

Secretariat increases the opportunity of them getting managerial positions, but they should manifest qualities like flexibility, be interactive, pay attention to details, a good listener, and sharp memory and be able to use computers and any needed software application for the job.

Employers of assistants include national government, local authorities, small enterprises, major companies, media companies, and financial institution. The main duties are clerical task, this is through making sure the office is organised and fully functioning by filling, preparing correspondence, securing meeting places and taking the meetings minutes. The city Miami has several institutions to get student to be professionals.

Communication is the biggest role of a secretary, updating the manager on the current issues and servicing the clients, being aware of calls requiring forwarding to boss and those that can wait, and using etiquette in answering calls.

Frequent travelling locally or internationally is expected of all managers so it the secretaries responsibility to arrange in advance and plan for these travels. This is through booking of tickets and accommodation facilities needed.




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