As the week comes to a close on this warm Friday afternoon, we’d like to look back at the 10 most-read article of the week. There’s lots of top tips and how-to advice pieces, PAs making headlines and venues to consider for your next event.
1. 5 ways to close a cover letter
Sometimes your cover letter is the only thing that gets read by potential employers, so it’s important to get it right. You want to describe your skills and how they can help the company without gloating. You also need to close it with a line that calls the recruiter to action. Glassdoor put together these five handy tips for closing a cover letter to land an interview.
2. 5 times you should never share office gossip with your boss
As a PA who is here, there and everywhere in the office, you’re bound to overhear comments that should be kept secret. While spreading rumours and repeating hushed conversations is never suggested, there are five pieces of office gossip you should under no circumstances tell your boss, according to HR specialist Liz Ryan.
3. Bristol EA releases how-to book for the PA community
How to be a PA is a new book for PAs, EAs and Admins now available on Amazon Europe. Written and published by UK Executive Assistant Maria Fuller, How to be a PA is the new ‘go-to guide’ for PAs and tipped to become the market-leading reference book for career-focused assistants.
4. How to deal with frustration at work
Most people will face situations that they wish their employer had handled differently. However, there are constructive ways to deal with frustration at work, according to Jan Bruce, Co-Founder and CEO of meQuilibrium.
5. How to make real friends at work
Every once in a while you come across people at work that you wish you could spend more time with; colleagues that you connect with on more than just work. Here are some tips for making friends at work from Fast Company.
6. Johnny Depp’s Assistant pulled into Amber Heard abuse rumours
It was announced recently that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are getting divorced after just 15 months of marriage. Since then, the media has been a flurry of news surrounding the couple’s relationship, including alleged abuse against the actress. Now Depp’s assistant has been implicated in the latest rumours, with text messages between him and Heard dating back two years.
7. Tried & tasted: Forest Side Restaurant, Cumbria
Despite the emergence of a host of international franchises and chains lining our cities’ high streets, we’re still in the middle of a revolution in British cuisine – albeit of the velvet variety. Up and down the country, some extremely talented and passionate home-grown chefs are showcasing the very best in UK produce in a uniquely British way.
8. Confidence up and salary expectations surge for class of 2016
New figures from the UK’s largest job site reed.co.uk reveal that the class cohort of 2016 expect to earn an annual average salary of £28,362 for their first role post-graduation. That’s £396 (1.4%) more than the average graduate salary on offer, which currently stands at £27,966.
9. 6 spaces for London summer events
Meetings, conferences and private summer events are set to be a breeze this season with the help of the BMA House venue team. In the event of inclement weather they can bring your events inside one of the property’s six charming indoor spaces.
10. Former Assistant to John Lennon headlines Yorkshire PA Awards
Finalists have been announced this week for the second annual Yorkshire PA Awards, which will highlight talent across the Yorkshire. The event, taking place on 30 June at The Pavilion, Leeds United Football Ground, will be headlined by May Pang, former Assistant to the late Beatles star John Lennon.
