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How to Help Your Boss See You as a Rising Star

On The Job

Just because you show up on time, meet all your deadlines and don't gossip, well, that's not enough to get a bigger paycheck or title. Instead of a vacation this year to Tahiti, use that money to invest in yourself and your future by earning a new certification or more education that is valued by your company. Keep a log.

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Seminars for Professional Assistants

Professional Assistant Blog

She is the largest share holder of the company, obviously. Heres the link: www.findaseminar.com/administrative-seminars.html Also, one other thing I wanted to mention is that the company that I work at has online courses that I can take. Check with your company to see if they have a similar program in place. I found your blog.

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Ep 241: Elena Navarro on Corporate Culture, Toxic Workplaces, and Maintaining Confidentiality

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

All the way up to working for public and private companies. So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. I mean, I worked through publicly traded companies. So worked my way up from there, I held five c suites at the age of 20. Yeah, so just just fell into it. So I mean, those are only two examples.

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Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

On The Job

Thats why I thought it would be interesting to look at how companies are handling the issue of employees using social media -- and how some of them are just ignoring it. Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. They Twitter. They comment on blogs.

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Free ACT! (CRM) Video Tutorials

Professional Assistant Blog

for your company, click here. My employer needs someone who is educated in this program. Did your boss just decide to install it on his/her system and yours then told you, "Read the manual, were going to be using this from now on"? If you’re looking to purchase ACT! This same thing happened to me as well as one of my readers.

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Get A Job With A Thank You Letter

Professional Assistant Blog

We both had similar skills, education, etc. Last Name: Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to talk to me about the Position Applied For with XXX Company. It shows that you are eager to help the firm grow by showing initiative and productivity. This is how I was able to get one of my past jobs.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in.

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