Gwen

Here at Get Ahead our people are everything. Our ever-growing team has a wide range of highly skilled professionals with different backgrounds, expertise and even different personalities to ensure that we can find exactly the right Expert to match our clients’ requirements.

Name: Gwen

Area of Expertise: Administration, email & diary management, spreadsheet development.

When & why did you join Get Ahead

I joined Get Ahead in 2017. I had been looking for work opportunities with the flexibility to enable me to spend time with my children whilst still making the most of my skillset; a friend suggested becoming a VA. So when Carrie took on the franchise covering my local area, it was a prefect opportunity for me to join this group of professional and forward-thinking people.

What did you do before you joined Get Ahead

I have a background in finance and analysis. Having spent 8 years in Retail, and transitioning from finance to IT departments, I moved into Telecoms where for 7 years I worked in analysis roles in Strategy and Billing teams. Following a break in my career with 5 years living abroad, I have most recently been working in an office using my varied skills in an administrative role, including spreadsheet/report development, analysis, process reviews, and managing sales emails.

Career highlight to date

Whilst working in the Strategy team in my Telecoms role, I worked with a steering committee looking at mobile phones and health. In this role I was responsible for putting together an international conference including key people from the WHO, including all correspondence with attendees and documenting global statements. This required liaising with people from many countries and different levels of seniority and achieved a great result.

Plans for the future

I am looking forward to developing my career as a VA with Get Ahead, increasing the skills and services I can offer and enjoying the job satisfaction and work/life balance that comes with this.

If your business could benefit from Gwen’s help, or from any of our other experts, please get in touch on 01483 332220 or office@getaheadva.com. We pride ourselves on being the staff you don’t see, but the difference you do.