I have been working as an Administrative assistant for 3 years now. Do you think its too early to be looking to go a step up to "Executive Assistant" or should I still keep working an Admin Assistant

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Do it - just be ready and have all your ducks in a row.
Take what you are doing now and multiply it by 5.. practice heavy and complex calendar management.. take some free project management beginner classes.
You have time now!! YouTube is your friend.

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Definitely do it!!

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I applied to, and got offers for, EA positions with only one year of admin experience after college. You can totally do it!!! ☺️ good luck, OP!

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Do you can always step up! You should do it!

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never too earlier. as long as you continue to challenge yourself and keep learning

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Never hurts! Skills to highlight for most places involve booking travel (including international), complex calendar management, entering in time, and completing expenses. Tbh when I was applying for EA positions. I lied and said I was familiar with Concur since a lot of places use that for travel and expenses. It was super user friendly and intuitive so not hard to figure it out so no one suspected a thing 😉

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Wouldn't hurt to try.

Do it!! Don’t be stagnant!!

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