A Personal Assistant (PA) manages the practical running of one person's working day, including their diary, travel, inbox and correspondence. An Executive Assistant (EA) does this too, and also works as a business partner to a senior leader, managing priorities, projects and stakeholders on their behalf. The simplest way to [...]
Many charities avoid recruitment agencies altogether, and cost is usually the reason. A percentage fee on a senior appointment can scale into a number that is hard to justify against a tight budget, so the search stays in house instead. That often means a smaller pool of candidates, a longer [...]
Most agencies will not answer this question in public. Ask what an EA costs and you will usually get a call back, a discovery meeting, and a number three weeks later. Here is the honest version instead. Hiring an Executive Assistant on a salary of £55,000 will cost your business [...]
Hiring an Executive Assistant is one of the highest-leverage decisions a Manchester business can make. The right EA does not just lighten a leader's load. They protect their time, sharpen their focus, and quietly raise the performance of everyone around them. Get the hire right and it pays for itself [...]
The market for business support professionals has tightened this year. Vacancies have eased back and pay is working harder against the cost of living, which you have probably felt in one way or another. A shifting market, however, is exactly when the people who keep quietly investing in themselves pull [...]
If you are looking for Executive Assistant salary data for the UK, you are probably doing one of two things: working out whether what you are being paid reflects what you actually do, or trying to set a budget for a hire you cannot afford to get wrong. Either way, [...]
There is a pattern we see repeatedly in our work, and our 2026 Salary Survey has confirmed it with data: Business Support professionals are doing more than ever, taking on more responsibility than ever, and being rewarded at a rate that has not kept pace with either. If that sounds [...]
Every year, the question at the top of almost every EA and PA's mind is the same: am I being paid what I'm worth? And every year, the answer gets more complicated. The 2026 Lily Shippen Salary Survey, our most comprehensive to date, gives a clear, data-led view of what [...]
Over the past few years, the Executive Assistant profession has experienced a noticeable shift. From the outside, it can appear that the market is thriving. Salaries have increased in many areas, the role has gained long overdue recognition, and more people are talking about long term career progression, strategic partnership, [...]
Hiring an Executive Assistant for a CEO is one of the highest-impact people decisions a business can make. When done well, the right Executive Assistant increases leadership capacity, improves decision-making, and creates measurable momentum at the top of the organisation. When done poorly, it becomes a costly mis-hire that drains [...]
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