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What can assistants expect in 2013

Practically Perfect PA

Well 2012 is over and done with and we are now already two days into 2013. In honour of it now being 2013 I´ve got 13 things I think we can expect to see in the year ahead. With the assistant role now encompassing so many varied tasks we should expect to see a rise in training for assistants in 2013. Role diversification.

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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

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survey of over 600 employees from 20 industries found that, “on average, employees have 17.7 survey found that “for companies of 100 people, cutting unnecessary meetings would save nearly $2.5 Thought leader Nilofer Merchant got a lot of buzz in 2013 for her TED Talk extolling the virtues of the walking meeting. A 2022 Otter.ai

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Ipsos Global Trends 2020

Small Business Labs

  It's based on extensive surveys and interviews across 33 countries and updates similar efforts conducted in 2013 and 2016.    This was the lowest percentage agreeing of the 33 countries in the survey. The large, global market research firm Ipsos recently released its Global Trends 2020 study. 

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Can I get your input?

Practically Perfect PA

Would you please take my 2013 reader survey? Just a quick note on the survey results: I want to assure you that the survey data will remain anonymous and will only be used to support the development of Practically Perfect PA. I’ll share a summary of the results next month, for the curious. The post Can I get your input?

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Online Talent Marketplaces Continue Strong Growth

Small Business Labs

.   They also reported in 2013 the industry generated roughly $1.4-$1.6 While we're still processing the data, it looks like the number of independent workers reporting they are using online talent workplaces at least part of the time is up substantially this year over 2013. are also showing strong growth.

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Online Talent Marketplaces Continue Rapid Expansion

Small Business Labs

.   On the buyers side,The Staffing Industry Analysts article Online staffing is the new frontier: CW managers’ interest rises sharply says: A survey of contingent workforce buyers found a sudden jump in plans to use online staffing. The marketplace themselves are also reporting continued strong growth. 

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The definitive guide to cloud accounting

The Small Business Blog

A YouGov survey carried out in 2013 found that almost half (4%) of IT and business decision makers within UK SMEs listed a lack of knowledge as the biggest challenge to adopting cloud-based services. If you’ve heard of the cloud but are a little hazy on what it actually means, you certainly aren’t alone.

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