Message #77174

[countrigal]

Another thing that most folks fail to take into consideration isn't just the program that is used, but the "ability" to juggle another person's calendar... and where they get this experience.  Anyone who has more than 1 person in their household does this to some extent, and are successful at it if everyone is where they are supposed to be, with what they need for that event, at the right time and place.  Being a mother and wife, this has become my hardest role, harder than when I was the PA for two bosses high up the eschelon in the company.  Why?  Because all of our lives are so busy and go so many directions that keeping up with our 4 schedules consumes more of my time than those two gentlemen ever did.  So if you've ever had to juggle those calendars, handling one for a bossie is not so difficult and you have experience.  Then just tackle how you learn new programs.  Do you pick up on new software easily?  Do you require training courses to get up and running on them?  If you're like most PA's, you can learn "on the fly" so to speak, so just sell it that way.  Lots of experience juggling different schedules and assigning priorities, ensuring everything is in place for each event, and that the learning curve for any software will be minimal.