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Specialists in EA Recruitment
Executive Assistants are high level support to board level and c-suite directors. Their role is key to senior managers and directors in a professional business, adding value and efficiencies allowing maximum productivity.
An exceptional EA will demonstrate:
- High level communication skills, verbal and written
- Attention to detail
- Organisational skills
- Management of support staff
- Diary management and complex travel arrangements
- Ability to think independently and work confidentially
- Trust and loyalty to their directors and the business
We are a specialist EA London recruitment consultancy. Our team of experienced Consultants search from our unparalleled network of Executive Assistants, and have established long standing relationships with some of the very best and most experienced EAs in London's leading organisations. Really getting to know and understand our candidate's skills and motivations means we are well placed to secure the right personality fit between c-suite directors and senior managers, and their EA.
How to hire an Executive Assistant with Bain and Gray?
We always take a full and thorough brief, ideally in a face to face meeting so we really get to understand the right person specification alongside the experience required for the role.
At this level we are often asked to work with our clients on defining the role, especially if they are working closely with other c-suite support individuals such as those working in Business Assistant or Chief of Staff roles. Bain and Gray has an outstanding network of active and passive job seekers.
All candidates are met by members of our team and are thoroughly competency interviewed, drawing out examples of their soft skills as well as questioning their experience.
What sets us apart from other Executive Assistant Recruitment agencies?
Bain and Gray is a executive assistant recruiter that is unique in its space. We are an Employee Owned Trust, which means the business is effectively owned by the employees. This gives an added purpose as the stakeholders (the employees) all work to our common business purpose of ‘Driving Client success through sourcing exceptional business support candidates’.
If you would like to speak to us about hiring an Executive Assistant do get in touch with us, clients@bainandgray.com or call us in the office 020 7036 2030 and ask to speak to Tray, Emily or Claire.
We can help you recruit for a wide range of other boutique secretarial roles. Get in touch with us if you’d like to:
Frequently Asked Questions
An experienced Executive Assistant will free up time for senior managers and directors, and boost productivity. An EA will bring huge efficiencies to daily operations by managing schedules, supporting decision making, gatekeeping for senior executives and trouble shooting. They will implement efficiencies and streamline office functions.
Read more about why hire a PA or EA
You certainly don’t have to wait until a company reaches a certain size or financial milestone to hire an executive assistant. Companies hire executive assistants at different points. Determining when you are ready to hire an executive/administrative assistant depends on how you’re time is being best spent and how the business operations are functioning.
Below are some points that indicate when it might be the right time for you to hire an executive assistant:
- Administrative tasks are dominating your time and you struggle to get to the important revenue-generating jobs you should be doing.
- Administrative and operational duties are not allowing you to make as much progress as you would like.
- Important meetings and deadlines are being missed or delayed because you have difficulty managing your schedule.
- Internal processes are not efficient or working properly, but you don’t have time to improve them.
- Getting through emails and returning phone calls are difficult because you have too much to do.
- You are the main point of contact for everyone, from clients to suppliers.
- Breaks and holidays are difficult to schedule and you work long hours to get everything done.
- There are certain tasks you don't do and take you too long, and could easily pass to an assistant.
- The company can absorb the cost of hiring an executive assistant because the improved productivity will help increase profits.
- Business growth is slowing because you don’t have time to devote to growing it.
- On the opposite end, if your business is growing rapidly and you can’t keep up, hiring an administrative assistant will definitely help.
The cost of an Executive Assistant varies with industry, experience and the needs of your business.
At Bain and Gray we closely track salaries across the business support market, and benchmark salaries at all levels and across industry sectors.
We survey over 6000 candidates every 6 months to monitor the key factors in their job search. Executive Assistants do require market salary and bonuses which we can advise on when we take a job brief, however, other factors do play into the package you offer which are not necessarily monetary. This might be holiday, company culture and hybrid working among other things.
You can read more on this in our latest Salary Survey and Market Insights
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