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5 Administrative Assistant Skills That Add the Most Value

Admin Awards

Knowing how to run virtual meetings, organize newsletters and create PowerPoint presentations puts you a cut above the rest. Budget perceptiveness. With over 300 locations worldwide, Robert Half places professionals on a temporary and full-time basis in the accounting/finance, technology, legal, creative and administrative fields.

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Highlights from a Talk With the CEO of SHRM: What HR Really Thinks About EAs

Bonnie Low Kramen

Johnny talked about an annual training budget of $1500/year as a norm and I shared that $5000/year was more often the average number I am hearing from assistants across America. Therefore, not just any PowerPoint or Excel class will truly serve the profession. Johnny thinks the $5K number is high.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets. Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

Imagine, if we had assistants at home to pay the bills, do the budget, organize dinners, answer our calls and follow up with reminders -- it is starting to sound pretty good. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Minute taking made easier.