Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Let’s face it most of us don’t sign up to this assistant malarkey because of the short hours. We also expect to get the odd phone call in the evening / middle of the night / break of dawn. When the boss calls we simply have to be there to pick up the phone.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it. Negotiating Time If the person persists on bothering you, one thing that you can always negotiate is time. You think to yourself, "What?!? Is this person crazy?!?" Has this ever happened to you?

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 10, 2011

Instead, carving out portions of our day where we know we need to be super productive, shutting the door and turning off our phones helps to keep us on track during critical moments. Blocking out these times on a calendar, turning off the phone and pronouncing ourselves unavailable helps keep any distractions away. 100% No Spam.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 5, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The company has developed software explicitly designed that allows it to ship orders the same day until 6:00 PM and has negotiated discounted rates with the major shipping carriers.

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Productivity Bits

MARCH 9, 2011

Working on extended hours might just be OK once in a while but doing that over and over up to a point that it becomes a habit can only mean two things: You’re either workaholic or mismanaging your work. Most smart phones have built-in voice recorder. When nagging deadlines confront you head on, learn to negotiate.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

Last month I posted a blog about diversification with the assistant role. In the past I’d be answering phones, taking memos and maintaining files – nowadays you are an extension of your Executive. ” “When I first started as an EA, I was answering phones, filing, and typing memos. I’ve had one 2.5%

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2013

Following on from Monday’s blog here are another five interview question and answers specifically for assistants. I put up with his behaviour for a while because I wanted to understand why he was acting in that way. I did have to push back and in the end I think he respected me because I stuck up for myself.”

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

For instance, consider the following example: We are looking for a Content Guru who will help us out of the content disaster we are currently in– craft well-researched, keyword-optimised articles, maintain our official blogs and work extensively with our SEO Wizard. Posting financial transactions in databases.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 12, 2011

There were no cell phones. Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Yet, we almost never get on a bus, ready to negotiate our arrival later on. Instead of reading blogs (including this one) just go ahead and DO something with your life. check out these fine blogs too: upgradereality.com | fresstylemind.com.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2013

I see more and more people following my blog or Twitter each week! 2) Keep in mind, if you work work for someone high level and are basically chained to your desk, you have to find a way to interview while keeping up your workload at your current job. It's like a planned, mutual, friendly break up. Happy Friday, everyone!

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I don''t do a lot of outsourcing, but offering up guests spots here at Productivityst has started me down that path. She runs operations in a lean team and has written about her experiences and insights on the official Startup Safary blog (where this piece was initially published ) and on Venture Village.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Then, keep personal feelings out of hard conversations by negotiating from the point of the data. ” Using that data point, you can follow up with, “How can we drive that number downward?” .” ” Using that data point, you can follow up with, “How can we drive that number downward?” She was compassionate.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? One I would add would be to blog as we. You want a little more. Do you think.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

Hi there, I just stumbled upon your blog today and am glad that I've done so! I plan on spending some time going through your blog but was wondering if I could get your input. Would hate to pass up this leadership opportunity if it could mean progression for me in the future. Why do I bring this up? They write. “Hi

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

I’ve spent the last couple months finishing up existing work commitments so I can begin a new project. Chris´s last blog. PM Hut´s last blog. Quite often projects overlap, in that you are winding one down, while starting one up. Not to mention overhead like cleaning up emails, invoicing, etc. @PM

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

“I love your blog and really appreciate your insights and advice. Thanks again for all your informative blogs!!! A job opening came up and they wanted to offer me a job that would start the next day. You can read that full blog post at the end.) I had a question for you and wondered what your opinion would be.

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On The Job

JANUARY 12, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6 tips for handling a pregnancy and a career When I was pregnant with my first child, I was determined to be professional and discreet about the issue at work.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

The higher up you go on the ladder of admin roles, the longer your job hunt will take. While it's good to wait for the right role instead of taking the first job offered to you, it's not worth blowing through your emergency savings or racking up credit card debt for the perfect job. Your job hunt will take a lot longer.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

You also have more negotiating leverage for a better salary and projects. I can not stress volunteering enough to spruce up your resume for when are you ready to leave your current company. HR will usually call 2-3 people for a quick phone chat. Short of that, looking for a new job elsewhere is your second best bet.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I hate my inbox filled up with unread messages or paper. Whenever I am new to an office, if I’ve worked with someone before, but they may not remember I usually speak up. Oftentimes, they have never met me, but may recall my name or my boss’ name when I mention it over the phone. It can take me up to 15 minutes to figure it out.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

I've been reading your blog for a couple of years and I find it to be incredibly entertaining and insightful. I have a quick question that hopefully you can answer quickly, and doesn't need to be on your blog -- unless you feel someone else may benefit. This person needs someone that can keep up. And your blog!”

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Brilliantly Better

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the last two months I started a consulting project (quite a big one, it will end in March next year) where I have to spend a few hours every day in an office, evaluating progress of a team, provisioning, negotiating deals, creating and implementing strategies and so on. Like no messages, no phone calls, no nothing. get up or stay.

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Brilliantly Better

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

We may have been quite an impressive show, a few lads all frown ups with a guy only in his shirt (yes, I only had one shirt on me, and it was minus ten degrees outside) entering each of these parties, silent but decided. The Wake Up Ride. I am having my car checked up and a few moments ago a clerk asked me to give him some papers.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact Are You Copy Pasting Your Life? You copy paste your address, your personal identification number, your phone number or your social media nicknames. And everybody uses it big time.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

And this is exactly what I’m going to do in this blog post, I will publish these daily logs (in a more or less abridged version of course) giving you a time based description of the whole process, from installing Xcode to having your app in the AppStore. I’m not up to this challenge. What am I doing here? It looked enormous.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Even if he never made one sale through his website, he still needed to have one up there. So the CEO toys with his pen, glances up from the contract and says, “What’s your website again?” He could put up a darned snazzy website that reflects just how successful he is. Chris Mower´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 23, 2010

You can explain that a few of the things they tell you will wind up in their actual web copy, so you’d love their help to create tone and a realistic voice. Hear a Voice The other option is to call up your client and ask that they talk to you like a human being. Melinda | SuperWAHM´s last blog. Make it fun.

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