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Lifestyle Assistant

March 31, 2011 By admin

A lifestyle assistant is someone who helps you with your daily work. Every day will be different, as the routines will change. The lifestyle assistant will help with any work

This helps his or her manager day run smoothly. They can work for managers in a company or even for busy mothers who have to stay at home and look after their children. The lifestyle assistant should be able to be multitasked, as they need to do a lot of tasks.

You will be trusted to manage someone’s daily personal needs. You may have to use machinery whether in the house or outside the house. This could be anything from using the dishwasher or even the printer. You may also have to answer any emails for your boss take incoming phone calls and maybe take notes. [Read more...]

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How to organise your Boss

March 28, 2011 By admin

Arrange a time every week that you sit down with your boss and discuss important issues. You could advise him of all-important meetings for the week and give him a copy.Check his email and monitor and respond to all his email. You could set up meeting s and this will save time for your boss. Make sure that you make your boss aware of the meeting or any changes, so he is in the picture.

Make sure all files are marked in order of importance, and the important files colour coded so the boss is aware what is important. Keep an urgent file separate so it does not get misplaced.

When booking meetings try to keep them short to 30 minutes so your boss will have some time to focus on the most important points. When booking one-hour meetings allow 10 minutes for the boss to have a breath. The clients will still be able to deal with matters in those 50 minutes.

You can arrange meetings in the morning at breakfast, so he can have breakfast at a local hotel, this will make him relaxed and will set him for the rest of the day. This will also allow more meetings to be done in the day when he starts early. [Read more...]

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How to do Event Planning

March 24, 2011 By admin

Being a personal assistant or a lifestyle assistant can be very hectic and you may have to plan a small or a large event in the year. These are some things that you need to remember and consider.

If you are booking a live band you would need to consider what kind of music you need and is the band appropriate enough? You would also need to consider the space enough for the band. Will there be enough space for the dance floor and will all the wires be out of the away so they don’t cause a safety hazard.

You need to consider that the event you will be holding it does not clash with any other event on the same day. It could cause guests arriving late due to traffic jams and guests may have problems getting taxis. You also need to consider that if the venue is going to happen at the weekend you need to check the nearby hotels if some guests want to stay overnight. [Read more...]

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