personal secretary
Boss's right hand
A personal secretary handles correspondence, scheduling, and administrative tasks for an individual rather than a department or organization.
The role involves managing someone's professional life—arranging meetings, screening calls, preparing documents.
His personal secretary kept his calendar meticulously organized.
The term sometimes carries old-fashioned or intimate connotations, suggesting closer involvement than the more neutral "executive assistant."
- assistantOne who aids another
- executive assistantSenior administrative support role
- right handDominant side for most
- schedulerOne who arranges timing
- gatekeeperOne controlling entry
front office · calendar · correspondence · dictation · briefcase · typing · shorthand · confidential · private correspondence · appointments · takes notes · memo · filing · intercom · office · desk · telephone · notepad
- Secretaries
- White House Staffchief of staff, aide, aides, national security advisor, counsel
- Royal Assistantscourt clerk
- Federal Officialscabinet member, attorney general, vice president, chief of staff, national security advisor
personal secretaryboss
Workplace superior
employer · executive · CEO · principal · supervisor
personal secretaryreceptionist
Visitor-greeting office worker
general secretary · office administrator · temp worker · floater · switchboard operator
personal secretaryfreelancer
Self-employed service provider
independent contractor · entrepreneur · sole proprietor · business owner · principal
personal, secretary, person, persons, personhood, personally, personality, personalities, personable