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Executive Assistant Best Job of 2012

Office Dynamics

Here is their article. The profession's best-compensated usually work for the Postal Service, for computer manufacturing companies, or for the federal executive branch. We read this story at U.S. The Best Jobs of 2012: Executive Assistant. News & World Report By Miriam Weiner. the New York City area, or the San Jose, Calif.,

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. From writing that article I had confidence to take a job that required me taking minutes and it has turned out fine. I have written many articles on my blog on subjects that I knew nothing about. How did I do it?

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles.

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Spring cleaning on the blog

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. I have removed the Google Ads as I thought it took up a lot of space and wasnt very useful and included the index of my articles instead so you could easily scroll through and see a list of the articles that have been posted by date.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

She saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training. The administrative position can be a springboard for a management position if you want to go in that direction and have the right educational background.

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We don't know what we don't know

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. I am not responsible for the content on any sites I have linked to as a resource or linked to in my articles. Our strength is what we know collectively and we should have some way to share our knowledge with each other.