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Open competition launched to find design team for new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki

Workplace Insight

The central mission of the new museum will be “democratising the tools of design”, drawing on the history and present of Finnish and Nordic architecture and design to guide a programme of public activities that will look at how design thinking and skills are relevant to the challenges we face as individuals and societies in a rapidly changing world.

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5 Administrative Assistant Skills That Add the Most Value

Admin Awards

What are their administrative skills? Here are five administrative assistant skills that can help you get hired, succeed on the job and drive your career. They look for individuals who proactively update their administrative assistant skills through training. Budget perceptiveness. Industry knowledge. Artful articulation.

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How to Work from Home as an Administrative Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

Keep reading to discover the skills and qualities you need to be a successful work from home administrative assistant. What Skills are Needed to do Admin Work from Home? Both “hard skills” and “soft skills” are required for an administrative assistant. Know your facts and numbers to back up your proposals.

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Is there ever a genuinely good or bad time for change?

Workplace Insight

This is why one of the first questions it is critical to ask yourself before you go to the Board or budget approval is why do we need to do it now, rather than in six months time or six months ago? You need to take a look at the existing processes, procedures, capabilities in technology and skill sets, people’s time.

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Merit Pay Raises: Why They're More Popular and How to Get One

On The Job

Any time money is discussed, whether it's how to bring in new business, budgeting for a new project or cutting inefficiencies to save money, you need to take part. Try proposing ways to solve those problems -- even if the idea may seem a bit outlandish -- and you'll be seen as someone who has the company's best interests at heart.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do. What I also learned was that I liked what I was doing and that I was good at it – or had the potential to be. They typically are leaders (even though they may not realize this at first).

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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

We created a budget proposal for our human resources department, which was eventually approved, allowing us an annual budget to provide lunches to the attendees of the quarterly meetings. The budget also provides money to underwrite a portion of the annual conference. Get started now.

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