I am in my early 40's, single mother with dour (4) children. I am working as an EA to the President for over 10 years now. I started as an admin assistant and was promoted to Executive Assistant in 2 years. In my years of experience as an EA, I can say that I am very competent in this line of work. My strengths are attention to detail, time management, dealing, multi-tasking and dealing with other people. I also result-oriented - I make sure the tasks assigned to me are done to the expectations of my boss. I make sure I am doing the right thing by clarifying things and asking questions if I do not understand the instructions.
Aside from being an EA to the President, I am also the HR Officer of our Head Office. Being an HR, I am handling 43 employees at the moment. The HR tasks focus mainly on the compensation and benefits of these employees. In some cases, I also make sure that the development plans for these employees are implemented. Being an HR Officer, I can say that I developed the following competencies - Productive and constructive communication, critical thinking, leadership, and relationship-building.
I am venturing to this new type of work because I want to share my talent with other people who need help in their businesses. I am willing to take small tasks but as I learn and gets familiarized with this - I will be very happy to help and at the same time, to have an extra income. I am new to this, but I am willing to learn from the basics and eventually master the skills expected from me.