Collocations for assistant - noun

chief, senior | personal
I''ll ask my personal assistant to deal with this.

administrative, care, catering, checkout, clerical, laboratory, library, production, research, sales, shop, technical
She took up a post as research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology.

employ (sb as), have
She had a clerical assistant to do her paperwork.

get, hire (sb as), recruit (sb as)
I''m getting a new assistant next month.

sack

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assistant to the Production Manager