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It bugs me that they lump executive assistants in here. From my experience they are so far from secretaries (I know several who are making 6-figures in this jo
by dmor 14y ago
It bugs me that they lump executive assistants in here. From my experience they are so far from secretaries (I know several who are making 6-figures in this job too), from what I've seen most EAs are usually more like an apprentice who wants to get into a competitive field and needs to shadow someone with a very specific skillset and responsibility to get there. That's why assisting magazine editors, fashion designers, finance executives, even tech executives is so promising for women (and men) right out of college. I once heard someone say that they thought most of the early EAs from Amazon.com would probably go on to be CEOs in their own right.
- thisone 14y agoAye, an executive assistant is someone with a significant ability in logistics and possibly accounting, as well as someone who understands what each part of the company does and who understand the industry to the point where they are able to keep things moving along while the big bosses concentrate on their jobs. An EA also has to have very good people skills, including that hard one of "how to say no and make people want to listen to you" Someone who can do all that isn't a dime a dozen.
- Evbn 14y agoPresident Obama has a Cabinet full of Secretaries. The problem is that receptionists and transcriptionists are called secretaries.