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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

Success

His positive outlook, internal motivation and camaraderie with the students proved so valuable that within three months, we adjusted our budgets to bring him on full time as a project manager. After hours, he stuck around to help mentor students in robotics. Empathy Connecting well with others is a talent.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

For project management, Devesh Dwivedi of BreakingThe9to5Jail.com says “I love BaseCamp. It has every possible feature for project management, and other products from 37signals’ Suite [web-based apps for collaboration, sharing information and making decisions]. It has made us [nearly] 100% virtual.

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Simplify Daily Tasks with Technology

Office Dynamics

Asana can be used for personal projects as well by organizing projects, tasks, and even budget tracking. Smart Sheet – Defined as a way to move ideas to impact with the leading work execution platform built to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on work. It is an impressive team project management tool.

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Feeling like a fraud at work

Practically Perfect PA

A few years ago I was working as a PA within a large team of highly qualified, talented and very very confident project management consultants. You are here because you aced an interview, that your Executive and your Organisation saw something in that makes you awesome. Why are you here? That is the first thing to ask yourself.

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What makes a great administrative assistant?

Page Personnel

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and any other tools that might be used in the organisation (such as project management tools) is a must. They look for ways to create efficiencies, streamline operations and implement new programs to the benefit of themselves, their execs and the business as a whole.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity. Discuss the importance of a calendar time block for your manager to focus on emails, presentations, budget, etc.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I was interviewed earlier this month and so I pasted it below. When people would ask me in interviews, my first answer was, “No nepotism here!” I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. If I recall correctly, I remember reading an interview with the CEO of Zappos.