Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

The last few years I have written a blog about what assistants can expect from the year and here you will find the tradition has continued into 2015. 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. Assistant networking and events.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 14, 2016

What are the eight must-have skills for executive and administrative assistants for today? As you enter into 2017, be sure you are equipped with this top-notch skill set. Joan also talks about one bonus skill, tune in to see what it is. We invite you to watch the webinar replay: Must-Have Skills for 2017. Bonus Resources.

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Success

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Employees are selling their skills and knowledge to their employers. What if we think more broadly about the concept of selling and instead consider engagement , influence and even persuasiveness—a useful, and slime-free, skill? In fact, it is often this soft skill that determines our capacity to succeed.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

If you think it’s still too soon to start planning your professional and personal success goals for 2015, I want to encourage you to think again! If your goal is increasing your skill as an executive assistant, what does that look like? The post Pause Now To Consider Your Success Goals for 2015 appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Success

MARCH 24, 2022

Put your creativity and writing skill to use on Upwork. If you’re hoping to land a job in a technical field, you might not want to let your math skills get too rusty. Consider giving lessons to the neighborhood children, offering your math skills to friends and family, or joining an online tutoring service. Math—be a tutor.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

By "privileged" they mean self-employed workers who are relatively highly skilled and well paid. They contrast this with what they call the "precarious" sector, which they define as the self-employed working in lower skilled, lower paying sectors.  We also don't think this is the main driver in the U.K.,

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Study it closely to get a better sense of the skills the hiring manager is seeking. Before an interview, pore over the job description and pick out the five most important duties or skills,” says Pat Joachim Kitzman, former director of career and professional development at Central College.

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MARCH 29, 2022

If your skill level is a two, don’t waste substantial time trying to improve because you’ll likely never grow beyond a four. However, if you’re a seven in an area, hone that skill, because when you become a nine, you’ve reached a rare level of expertise. You are blessed with a unique set of skills and talents.

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Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

A response tells you a lot about someone’s integrity, character and skills. This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated. You won’t hit the bull’s-eye every time, but you can get pretty good at spotting genuine interest. The most interested prospects are often good ones. Check their responses.

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Success

JANUARY 25, 2023

How to be more likeable This makes being likeable a powerful skill, one that we all need to develop in the workplace. This article was published in November 2015 and has been updated. We are all addicts chasing feel-good endorphins. People that make us feel good make us want more of that feeling. That is why they often get ahead.

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Success

JULY 20, 2023

If you don’t have the budget to hire a full-time staff, consider hiring a skilled hourly assistant to delegate tasks to. If you feel you can teach someone valuable skills about running a business (not simply obtain free labor, which is illegal) and how to provide the support you need, consider it a viable option.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 13, 2015

As we celebrate 25 years in business we’re offering a free webinar each month for administrative professionals to continue their skill development and learn more about who we are and what we offer the administrative profession. We have about 5 spaces left for our fall 2015 class.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 21, 2022

According to a 2015 Pew Research study, Black teenagers are more likely to play video games than their white counterparts, creating a clear pathway for them to expand upon their interests and apply it to potential careers. Using this knowledge, he created the company to help kids of color access a different side to video games. .

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Success

MAY 13, 2022

It also opens the opportunity for them to showcase skills you might not have recognized or acknowledged in the past. This article was published in August 2015 and has been updated. Opening up gives your team an assumed “permission” to speak up and admit if they need assistance, too. Give credit where it’s due.

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Success

JANUARY 1, 2023

Is it speaking well or being socially skilled or projecting an attractive, exciting image? This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. This guy has it! But what is it? What do these personalities have that can inspire you and draw you to them ? Actually, it’s all of that—and more. It’s charisma.

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Success

AUGUST 21, 2022

By stepping back and concentrating on my best skill, my mind switched from feeling frustrated to feeling fresh, alert and more willing to accept new information. You may find that a solution arises that you didn’t see before, or that you are better able to master a new skill now that you have changed your mindset. Why is that?

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 27, 2018

percent from 24,331,403 in 2015 to 24,813,048 in 2016. trillion in 2015 to $1.17 The strong economy is creating more opportunities for solopreneurs of all kinds - and especially highly skilled solopreneurs - to win more business and also increase their prices. Census recently released the 2016 nonemployer business statistics.

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Success

MAY 8, 2022

So, how are your conversation skills? This article was published in May 2015 and has been updated. There are two sides to every conversation, and both are essential to the art of communication. Think about it: Are you a smooth talker, or do you ramble? Are you an attentive listener , or do you tend to interrupt?

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Success

JULY 18, 2022

A power shift in focus is a skill that nourishes your soul and significantly changes how you view life. This article was published in September 2015 and has been updated. Conversely, no matter how many tears may fall, there is still room for a smile, and even laughter. So practice a power shift in focus.

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Success

MAY 19, 2023

We have mid-level goals that are broader, but still discrete, like learning a new skill or starting a new hobby or business venture. And if we’re feeling overconfident, we may over-inflate our estimation of our own skills, potentially leading to failure. But this can be a hard question to answer. We fail to consider alternatives.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But unlike innate, fixed characteristics, such as your IQ, EQ is a flexible skill that you can improve. enumerates the specific components of emotional intelligence as self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. This is the “social skill” component of emotional intelligence. They’re humble.

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Success

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Beats were assigned based on skill set—something typically determined by a reporter’s existing portfolio. Then again when I landed a gig with this very magazine in 2015 as an assistant editor. I remember it vividly, my first pitch meeting at The Columbia Missourian , the student-run newspaper at the University of Missouri.

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Success

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Talent matters, too, but aside from skills (which develop from experience) much of your talent is an innate tendency to perform better in certain areas. This article was published in June 2015 and has been updated. Your education matters—maybe not as much as you think, but a degree in your field can really jump-start your progress.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To achieve that pinnacle of mental toughness, Darcy Piceu, a licensed psychotherapist, 20-year veteran professional ultrarunner and two-time UTMB winner (3rd in 2011 and 5th in 2015), suggests breaking down your goals into manageable chunks and using simple management tools like a calendar to keep the momentum going. “I

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Allwork

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Community is an elusive and special skill that sets coworking apart. Also from our research in 2015 with Steve King of Emergent Research: 89% of coworkers reported being happier. It’s the feeling of belonging when someone knows your name or your birthday or that something important just happened for you. It’s that simple.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Companies who want to have successful working relationships with contractors should find out exactly what their skill sets are and then leverage those skill sets. Review marketer job descriptions to better understand standard skill sets of different marketing specialties, and tailor your interview questions accordingly.

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Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

One 2015 study from Northwestern University found that, in regards to sensory processing as a predictor of creative achievement, divergent thinking did not correlate with real-world creative success. In a 2015 study published in Memory & Cognition , Zabelina explored how patterns of attention may influence creativity.

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MARCH 23, 2023

These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more. Despite their expertise in technology, employment options were limited.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

In being busy and taking on the responsibility of leading, it is easy to forget that there should still be time for an ongoing learning process and skill enhancement. A person can still hone their leadership skills and other capabilities as well as learn more about their industry and new technologies. Photo by mentatdg/Shutterstock.

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Success

JULY 14, 2022

But was I also perhaps not skilled enough to read between the lines and understand what she wanted? This article was published in December 2015 and has been updated. I asked Jane clarifying questions and tried to get at the real issues she was having with my work, but again and again, we failed to come to an understanding. No question.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I gained new experience and skills , but I was eager to return to 84.51°.” Beginning around 2015, employees started to tell employers that they were leaving their jobs because of the leadership or because they didn’t believe in what the organization stood for,” says Llopis. He left the company in 2018, then returned in 2022. “I

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 23, 2014

2015 will mark the 25th Year Anniversary of Office Dynamics and I am excited because I have seen so many good changes in the profession since I started my business—a business that grew out of a passion about a career I loved for 20 years and because I saw a gap in specialized, robust training for executive and administrative assistants.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

C, as agreed in Paris in 2015. According to a report by the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), emissions must be cut back by 7 percent each year from now until 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C,

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Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Between 1995 and 2015, the proportion of high-skilled occupations as a share of total employment increased by roughly 5% in North America and almost 8% across Europe. At the same time, the share of middle-skilled occupations in total employment declined in both regions.

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 30, 2020

Skill levels in Edinburgh are also relatively high, with 57.7% We’ve already touched on the Scottish capital’s access to talent, which continues to drive entrepreneurship in the region and saw a total of 3,055 ventures launch successfully in 2015.… of the local population boasting NVQ Level 4 qualifications or above.

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Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Upcoming professional development events at little to no cost: As Office Dynamics International celebrates our 25th Anniversary in 2015 we will offer a free webinar each month. Outline of Webinar: Development of Your Professional Plan. The post Create Your Professional Development Plan Free Webinar appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 30, 2015

Here’s a recap of the great content that was discussed this month: 10 Steps to Supporting Multiple Managers (4/1/2015). Qualities Of A Great Assistant (4/2/2015). Recovering From Mistakes At Work (4/3/2015). Tips to Spring Cleaning At Work (4/6/2015). Make Learning Fun For Your Admin Team (4/8/2015).

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