How to become personal assistant to a celebrity
July 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Arts & Entertainment Jobs
In the business world, a personal assistant is a trusted employee who assumes the role of an executive’s chief-of-staff. In the past, a personal assistant worked only with celebrities, but that’s no longer the case.
When you become a personal assistant, you are in charge of organizing a great part of your employer’s life, so initiative is vital. The ability to work under stress and to multitask is also very invaluable.
According to Lorraine Garland -Neil Gaiman’s Personal Assistant for 17 years- being a Personal Assistant is not exactly like acting like a mother to a child, instead, “It’s more like being another part of their brain, or another ‘set of hands’. You have to take care of all the things they don’t have time for, from food to someone to listen to them, so you free them up to do what they do best.”
If you are thinking about glamour and meeting celebrities, being a Personal Assistant may sound very tempting at first glance, but there are some drawbacks you must consider.
The average Personal Assistant may put in anywhere from 40 to 80 hours or more a week and if the working relationship becomes strained, the role of personal assistant can become very stressful indeed…
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