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A review of Assist Travel 2015

Practically Perfect PA

As she worked for Skyscanner she knew they had the internal resources to make this a reality. The post A review of Assist Travel 2015 appeared first on Practically Perfect PA. Amy talked through the process the team used to reduce the time from 24 days per year to 4.5

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True Gender Equality Is Still 151 Years Away—Despite Recent Milestones

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18, 2019, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch completed the 221st spacewalk in support of the International Space Station’s maintenance and assembly, and marked the first all-female spacewalk in history. women’s team has been far more successful on the international stage than the men’s team,” according to ESPN.

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A review of the Assist Conference 2017

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Back in 2015 we had just over 50 assistants attend and this year we sold out (for the second year in a row) with 125 attendees! We also had the wonderful Simone White speaking about her incredible journey setting up the internal network at BlackRock.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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After a major activewear retailer copied multiple designs in 2015, K-DEER fans started the hashtag #IStandWithKDEER to express their support for K-DEER and call for a boycott, which ultimately led the brand to pull the items. Rising costs meant they also had to test international options for raw goods and manufacturing. “I

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has reviews and ratings of many virtual assistant companies. I use it with my interns for my blog. This article was published in February 2015 and has been updated. Some companies hire only United States-based assistants, while others, such as Worldwide 101.com com , are—as the name suggests—global.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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Review marketer job descriptions to better understand standard skill sets of different marketing specialties, and tailor your interview questions accordingly. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. Her secret?

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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A quick look at diversity in the workplace Between 1970 and 1997, after such screens had become embraced for blind auditions, the odds that a woman would advance beyond “certain preliminary rounds” of a tryout increased by 50%, according to a 2000 study published in the American Economic Review. The man knows what he’s talking about.

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