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1、The position of secretary or personal assistant used to be the preserve of efficient and capable women, loyal foot soldiers with no eye on the bosss job but now men are muscling their way in. Hold my calls, Mr Jones is becoming the new norm.The change is due partly to the highest rate of graduate un
2、employmentsince records began, and the growing awareness that salaries for corporate PAs can reach 75,000 a year.Joshua Watson, 25, has been an executive assistant to a female senior director at Barclays for 18 months, having previously worked as a receptionist and PA. He does not see himself as wor
3、king in a womans role.I dont feel that Im treated any differently just because Im male, he said. I dont think that is an issue for people from my generation. Its a good job for me because I am passionate about organising. I have good exposure to the top people in the company and I want to climb the
4、ladder.Recruitment consultants are seeing an ever-increasing number of men interested in PA or secretarial posts. Out of the 1,000 candidates weve registered in the past 12 months, around 200 are male, said David Morel, managing director of Tiger Recruitment. It is increasing the whole time. Since 2
5、011, the numbers have been doubling each year, and most of them are ambitious graduates.Susanna Tait, managing director of Tay Associates, agrees. She said she has seen a huge increase in numbers of male applicants. We have witnessed the role of the PA evolve immeasurably and, with it, the pool of a
6、pplicants it attracts, she said. As well as organising and managing commitments, they are required to project-manage schedules and communicate with a vast network of contacts. Its an obvious career choice for ambitious individuals keen to operate at the centre of the business sphere.Quest Profession
7、al, which offers training courses for the corporate sector, said this was the first year that men had enrolled on its executive PA programme and that more and more men were doing its administrative course.Top PAs in the City now earn between 35,000 and 75,000, plus benefits in some cases even more.
8、Morel thinks this is the primary reason why more men are coming into the market. In the past, men felt the salaries werent high enough and there was a stigma attached to administrative, typing-based roles, he said. The secretarial role has changed massively. Gone are the days of the traditional typi
9、st, and there is more of a career path. Guys are seeing that they can get to a stage where they are providing a lot of business support to their boss, and that is reflected in their salary.Barclays said it was committed to encouraging male applicants for PA and admin roles. It is important to us tha
10、t we offer everyone regardless of their gender the same opportunities to be successful, said a spokesperson.At the turn of the 20th century, secretarial jobs were well-paid and well-respected, and predominantly filled by men. However, as women fought to join the ranks of the employed, the profession
11、 lost its status, pay decreased and men sought work elsewhere. By the mid-1960s, it was a role primarily associated with women. In 1962, a survey revealed that 28% of companies believed sex appeal was a requirement of the PAs job.Michael, 27, has been a PA at a top management consultancy for over th
12、ree years. When I called clients they used to be really surprised that I wasnt female, he said. Now, weve got five guys in the PA team, which is about 10%. Theyve all joined in the past few years and they are all around the same age as me.Currently, more than one in five graduates are out of work an
13、d there are typically 84 applicants for each graduate vacancy in the City. Young people are finding new ways to enter the business world, and working nine-to-five in support roles is one way to get on to the corporate ladder.I work with everyone in the company, Michael said, all the directors, all t
14、he partners and all the teams. This is a very difficult world to get into and this is the best route in for me. In a few years, I will take this great experience and go elsewhere.From： 7 万 5 千美元的薪水。沃森今年 25 岁，之前做过接待以及个人助理等工作，现在担任巴克莱银行一位高层女经理的行政助理已经有 18 个月了。他并不认为自己在干女人的工作。我觉得并没有因为我是男性，就有什么区别对待，他说道
15、，我觉得这对我们这代人来说不是个问题。这个工作很适合我，我很喜欢组织协调，在公司我还能经常与高层人物接触，我很希望能够晋升。招聘顾问们看到越来越多的男性对个人助理和秘书类职务感兴趣。去年，我们所登记的1000 名求职候选人中就有 200 名是男性，老虎招聘公司总经理大卫莫雷尔说道，这一数字在不断增加，2011 年以来，每年都能翻一番，大多数男性求职者都是具有雄心壮志的毕业生。泰联合公司总经理苏珊娜泰特表示同意。她表示男性申请个人助理职务的人数大幅度增加。我们看到个人助理这一角色发生了翻天覆地的变化，随之而来 的是吸引了一大批求职者，她说道，除了有很多组织和管理方面的事物外，个人助理还要管理专案进程，做好大量的沟通工作。很明显，对那些有志于进军商业 领域核心的人们，这一职业是不错的选择。为企业部门提供培训的追求专业培训公司表示这一年首次有男性报名参加这个行政助理的培训项目，越来越多的男性正在进修行政课程。高级个人助理除了各种福利外，每年能挣 3 万 5 千美元到 7 万 5 千美元不等，有时候挣得更多。莫雷尔认为这是男性进军这一职业的主导因素。过去，男性
