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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops on career development for assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them. You can also join external networks for more advice and to increase your connections within the industry.

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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

Office Dynamics

The challenge may come when you realize there are a plethora of training programs, conferences, webinars and other learning events for administrative assistants and executive assistants. Our conference and World Class Assistantâ„¢ our very different learning events. Conferences for Administrative Professionals. Last several days.

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News from Assist Travel

Practically Perfect PA

It can be easy for assistants to justify training on tasks such as Excel or PowerPoint, but you probably spend much more time organising business trips. The business travel industry is constantly changing and assistants really do need to keep on top of all of the updates that affect your Executives and colleagues.

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Olympic Sports for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Yes we can type up four pages of notes in the next ten minutes, yes we can set up a conference call 30 seconds before the meeting and of course we can put together a PowerPoint presentation for clients you are meeting at lunch even though it is already 12:30!

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Olympic Sports for Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Yes we can type up four pages of notes in the next ten minutes, yes we can set up a conference call 30 seconds before the meeting and of course we can put together a PowerPoint presentation for clients you are meeting at lunch even though it is already 12:30!

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Youve posted your resume on all the top job boards plus the various industry-focused and niche job sites related to your type of work. Though youll be prepared to answer questions, youll have plenty of your own questions to ask, based on the research youve already done about that particular company, their competitors, and industry trends.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. What better candidate to take on that role as a career, than the assistant who regularly plans events from small meetings to large conferences. Here are some ideas to get you thinking in that direction.

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