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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

Success

The relative importance of hard skills vs. soft skills can vary between industries and positions. Job-seekers acquire these through education, training and experience. You can even quantify these job-specific competencies by means of test scores, certifications and project outcomes. So how do they differ?

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A quarter of projects don’t meet their stated goals – but that’s not because of remote working

Workplace Insight

A quarter of all projects do not meet the business goals that their organisations set for them, according to research published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the 15th edition of its Pulse of the Profession report – The Future of Project Work. data analysis and agile project management practices).

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Is the freelance industry growing or fading? It’s growing.

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Ep 178: Lynn Walder on Detaching Your Worth from Your Work

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Lynn Walder utilizes her 20+ years of executive administration experience across 10 different industries to support the organizational, psychosocial & leadership learning aspects of Founder CEOs (and their Executive Leadership Teams) with their business-building journeys. THE LEADER ASSISTANT PODCAST IS PRESENTED BY GOODY.

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Lisa Gevelber Founder of Grow With Google | Transforming The Economy Through Education

Allwork

Frank Cottle [00:01:59] Because, you know, with all of the work that you’ve done at Google and other places as well, I know you’ve been in this industry, in this sector for a long time. And it’s kind of fun because I’ve always told our own teams that their primary goal is to be the best student in the industry.

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So do assistants think the role has diversified?

Practically Perfect PA

Event Management, Project Management, Human Resources and Finance have become a big part of my job. Tasks and responsibilities involving heavy project management are becoming commonplace for the admin too.” In this role I managed staff, but was not given a manager title. I’ve had one 2.5%

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You care less, you’re easily annoyed, you start to do a cost-benefit analysis, you feel resentful, and you feel short changed. The most important thing is to take action and do something different so you can get promoted, get better tasks, that raise, or transition to a different role, dept, company, or industry.

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