Remote assistants are on borrowed time...
When you're fully remote, you're abstract. A name on a spreadsheet. A monthly cost. And when someone in finance is running a cost analysis comparing your salary against AI tools and offshore support, it's your job in the firing line.
Read moreWhy Most Executive Assistants Never Progress
Becoming a genuine force multiplier is how you become indispensable. But most assistants never get anywhere near this level. Not because they can't. Because they never learn to think this way.
Read moreCan we stop pretending the Chief of Staff role is the default next step for an Executive Assistant?
The $500k Chief of Staff isn't posting career advice on LinkedIn. You're not seeing that world because the algorithm isn't built to show it to you. The role you're being sold and the role that actually exists at the top of this profession are, in many cases, completely different jobs.
Read moreIf you want to work with the elite - ignore the career gurus.
Most career advice for Executive Assistants is written by people who have never sat on the hiring side of this market. After a decade placing EAs and Chiefs of Staff with billionaires, UHNW families, and corporate executives on multi-million dollar salaries — I can tell you that the standard advice doesn't just fall short. It actively counts against you. Here's what actually matters.
Read moreStop Calling Yourself Mission-Critical. Nobody Important Is Listening.
I've spent over a decade placing EAs into some of the most demanding environments in business. And there's something nobody in recruitment will say out loud. So I will.
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