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So You Want to Take a Break from Your Career—Here’s What You Need to Consider

Success

In the absence of travel, daily commutes and the culture of busyness, many employees were finally able to fully engage in self-reflection to determine if their job, company and path truly aligned with their overall interests. Do you want to travel more, or finally make good on your literary aspirations? The worst they can say is “no.”.

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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

Success

We traveled, bought a Jet Ski, joined a volleyball league, threw parties and regularly met friends for dinner and drinks. Strengthen those left-brained skills As a writer, I’m all about storytelling, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking. So, instead of improving my skills in these areas, I’d avoid them whenever I could.

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From Executive Assistant to CEO

ProAssisting Blog

Home Blog About Us Who we are About the Program Program Specifics Execs, HR Depts. She has held many different positions throughout her 30 years working for the company but what is particularly interesting to us here at ProAssisting is how Ursula was mentored in the executive assistant position by her two different bosses.

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Your Administrative Assistant Is Your Greatest Asset

Office Dynamics

Between e-mail, virtual assistants, smartphones, high-speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, managing their own Inbox, sending their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. Be a mentor.

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

A guest blog entry by Nancy Fraze. The great thing is that networking is a “soft skill” that can be learned by anyone. Networking comes under the heading of a life-long skill builder. We are all somewhere on the continuum of networking skill strength. It’s all in who you know.” How often have you heard that stated?

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“Who, me, network?” Build Confidence in Your Networking Skill!

Office Dynamics

A guest blog entry by Nancy Fraze. The great thing is that networking is a “soft skill” that can be learned by anyone. Networking comes under the heading of a life-long skill builder. We are all somewhere on the continuum of networking skill strength. It’s all in who you know.” How often have you heard that stated?

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More OneNote Must-Knows: History, Search, and Template Creation

All Things Admin

​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. If you haven’t checked out that blog post, you can find it here. Click on Page Templates at the bottom of that window.