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What can assistants expect in 2014?

Practically Perfect PA

Anyway here we are in 2014 and I hope that everyone is settling back into work after the Christmas and New Year break. I think assistants will have an interesting 2014, particularly as it is the International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant with lots planned for our professional development. PA Networking.

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Networking best practices for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Networking is really important. We are behind the scenes specialists, we are not encouraged to put ourselves out there and even if we did want to get involved in a networking event we are often too busy to leave the office. The problem is networking is really important. Which networking events to attend.

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

Practically Perfect PA

I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. Technology now allows individuals easier access to new opportunities and recruitment agencies are much more adapt at targeting the right candidates through social media and networking websites.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). She’s a big believer in networking and building relationships with colleagues of both genders. “If

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Feeling unappreciated?

Practically Perfect PA

Skip forward to summer 2014 and the voices in my head were pretty vocal about running some sort of event. Even my own mother thinks I merely answer the phone and type a few letters. The role of networking internally and externally to help assistants develop. I was trying to ignore them. Seen as a secretary.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

Small Business Labs

It's a Visual World:  Just as cameras and pictures have become ubiquitous on mobile phones, so too have video cameras.  Networked Organizations:  Today’s collaborative technologies are allowing businesses to easily connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime.   Economic and Business.   5. . 

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Tech Choices for the On-the-Road Office

Office Dynamics

mobile networks have responded to the clarion call, so to speak, for fast and responsive mobile technology. By 2014, all mobile networks offered 4G technology, a major reason for that year’s record-setting smartphone sales. Almost as soon as mobile networks released 4G technology, it began to appear in new cars.

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