When the Boss Is Away ... ; an Employer Who Is Always Out of the Office or Abroad Can Be a Problem. But the Opportunities Offered May Help Boost a Pa's Career

Evening Standard - London › February 28, 2006

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JUGGLING the workload of a boss who spends most of his or her time away can prove to be a career-boosting role. Most PAs work for teams of people who frequently spend more time out of the office than in it. And senior executives who globetrot constantly find themselves relying heavily on a London-based PA to organise their working life in their absence.

So what happens if you find yourself working for an absent boss for the first time? Is it a job that offers opportunity for your own future? Or is it just a hard slog, playing catch-up with time zones and airline timetables?

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When the Boss Is Away ... ; an Employer Who Is Always Out of the Office or Abroad Can Be a Problem. But the Opportunities Offered May Help Boost a Pa's Career

"A job like this could aid your own development because you often have to think on your feet," says Paul Armstrong, senior consultant at HR consultancy P...

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