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The Rise of the Executive PA

In an age where many administrative tasks are delegated to computers, Sathnam Sanghera discovers how important the human skills of executive assistant are to the modern day CEO.

The executive personal assistant is a job that requires utmost discretion and an inbuilt ability to know what the boss needs before they need it. In an age where many administrative tasks are being delegated to computers, the human touch of the skilled executive assistant is gaining value in the corporate suite. Sathnam Sanghera finds out how the role of the Man Men secretary has evolved into the contemporary assistant and discovers how indispensable these modern day multitaskers are to the success of a CEO and their company.

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