Insights & Useful Information

Notes from
the inside.

Guidance, perspective and useful information for the people who hire, and the people we place — drawn from years working within the private lives of high-profile clients.

Mental Health Matters - Especially in This Industry

Mental Health Matters - Especially in This Industry

The entertainment industry runs on passion, but it can be one of the toughest - and loneliest - places to work. On mental health, and why PALS will always make time to listen.

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What It Really Takes to Be a Celebrity PA

What It Really Takes to Be a Celebrity PA

Think being a celebrity PA is all backstage passes and red carpets? The reality is 3AM panic calls, last-minute rescues and the kind of problem-solving no job description could capture.

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What the PALS Standard really means

What the PALS Standard really means

Why PALS assesses the people it places on far more than a CV - and what emotional intelligence, discretion and a working mindset look like in practice.

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Hiring a private PA: what to look for

Hiring a private PA: what to look for

The difference between a good assistant and the right one. A practical guide for high-profile clients making a private PA hire that has to work first time.

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Discretion as a skill

Discretion as a skill

In this world, silence is a craft. What it really takes to operate at the highest levels of privacy - and why it cannot be taught on the job.

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In the Press

The agency quietly placing staff for the famous

The agency quietly placing staff for the famous

A feature on how PALS Recruitment became the discreet first call for high-profile individuals building the teams around them - and why the founders having 'done the job' changes everything.

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