When Your Boss Gives You Work That’s Not Your Job
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Samantha writes in: I work as an office PA, but cover also as a runner and as our Post PA too. I have a quick
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Interview Prep
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I had an interview yesterday for a writer’s PA gig on a new TV show. My last few interviews have gone pretty well, so maybe
“In the Next Day or Two…”
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As my unemployment comes to a temporary respite, I was thinking about a phrase I’ve heard a lot lately: Expect a call in the next
When to Lie in an Interview
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I interviewed recently to be the assistant to an EP on a network TV show. My interview philosophy has changed over the last few years.
TAPA On Set
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An Office PA’s place is in the office. (Any loyal readers want to embroider that on a pillow for me?) So when an Office PA
The Similarities Between My Job and ‘The Wire’
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I wrote on Twitter that I’ve been using this lull in the pre-production schedule to make my way through Season 3 of THE WIRE. For
Your Car, The Mobile Office
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As a PA, you’ll spend 95% of your time between two places – your desk and your car. I try to keep my desk as
Getting Chummy With The Bosses
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Last week, the Other PA asked me, “Hey. Joe Buck the EP doesn’t seem to talk to me very much. You think he doesn’t like
Old People Stand In The Way of the Future
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If you were born in a decade that starts with the number 7, then you are old. Don’t be offended. Let me be the first
The “Strong” Pot of Coffee
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As the “early PA,” I’m the first one in the office each morning. Like the class president of Mrs. Jewls’ class, it’s my job to
Everyone Has a Boss
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Regular readers may have noticed that I don’t like being told what to do. It’s a combination of youthful hubris and laziness-disguised-as-hubris. (“I know a
Touching Base
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Reader Pamela writes: I was working on an awards show recently, hired as a recipient andpresenter wrangler, within one day bumped up to assistant stage
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