What are the qualities of a good personal assistant?

[IB D]

Personal assistants are people that assist professionals and business people who are really busy in meeting up with their responsibilities.

The position of a personal assistant is very sensitive as he or she has to help the boss to achieve efficiency in running a business or organization.
What are those characteristics that would define an efficient personal assistant? What are the particular roles of a personal assistant?

 

[Niyi Briggs]

A personal assistant oversees to the proper management of a business in the absence of the boss. His primary duty is to organize and undertake duties that are being assigned to him in alignment with the goals and vision governing the organization.

 

[Johnson2468]

A personal assistant most be some one that is very organized and do things promptly and properly. A personal assistant also need to always remember things so as to help the person you are assisting

 

[Springtime]

A good personal assistant must be well organized; trustworthy and also possesses the following qualities.
1. Attention to detail
2. The ability to prioritize work according to deadline, urgency and importance.
3. Ability to multi-task

 

[Heatman]

If you're going to work as a personal assistant you must definitely be attentive to details so that whenever you have been given instruction, you will get everything that is being said to you and do it exactly the way.

 

[cherry123]

The truth remains that the position of a personal assistant is very sensitive. Personal assistants are helps professionals and business people to meetup with their responsibilities. The assist to help the busy executives

 

[Niyi Briggs]

A personal assistant must have good presentation skills. That is because sometimes, he or she may have to go make presentations for the boss. Anything the boss does, a personal assistant should be able to study and replicate.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

A personal assistant must have good presentation skills. That is because sometimes, he or she may have to go make presentations for the boss. Anything the boss does, a personal assistant should be able to study and replicate.

It is good that a personal assist should have a good presentation skill and he must be well-informed as well.

 

[Niyi Briggs]

He must be a fast learner and he needs to be committed to the company. It is that commitment that would make him be able to fill the shoes of the boss when he or she is not around.