People ask me what do i do the whole day in office ? What's so difficult about an office job ? Paul describes me as a socialite - Ha ! Well, admitedly, PR is part of my job description. But I do a fair bit of fire-fighting, acting as a go-between the staff who are reluctant to bring up issues with the boss, and also to highlight certain things that have escaped the boss' attention.
Mostly, my time is taken up with reading mail, delegating tasks to the relevant departments and monitoring the progress. Another big portion is listening - to the grouses, the suggestions, the inter-office spats and deciding whether those inputs are valid or not.
Then there are 'must do' functions to officiate on behalf of the boss - opening address, closing address - and I'm quite adept at churning out cliques, should I choose to. However, I try not to take this easy way out - so mostly my speeches will have a personal element which I try to convey to my audience - my passion, my belief system ( not religious system) and I do scour the internet on updates on educational issues. So I think, my speaches are not that boring - the audience will have something fresh each time they hear me speak.
Meetings also take up a fair portion of my time. Our Institute's convocation was 3 weeks ago and I would like to upload some pics, but they are not ready yet. It,s a new experience, viewing the convo from the stage as previously, my view of convos were from below. Now you know what the minister, the vice chancellors were murmuring about when they are 'up there' (smile) ; - )
Mostly, my time is taken up with reading mail, delegating tasks to the relevant departments and monitoring the progress. Another big portion is listening - to the grouses, the suggestions, the inter-office spats and deciding whether those inputs are valid or not.
Then there are 'must do' functions to officiate on behalf of the boss - opening address, closing address - and I'm quite adept at churning out cliques, should I choose to. However, I try not to take this easy way out - so mostly my speeches will have a personal element which I try to convey to my audience - my passion, my belief system ( not religious system) and I do scour the internet on updates on educational issues. So I think, my speaches are not that boring - the audience will have something fresh each time they hear me speak.
Meetings also take up a fair portion of my time. Our Institute's convocation was 3 weeks ago and I would like to upload some pics, but they are not ready yet. It,s a new experience, viewing the convo from the stage as previously, my view of convos were from below. Now you know what the minister, the vice chancellors were murmuring about when they are 'up there' (smile) ; - )
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