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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills. Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. One of our main duties is to keep our bosses organized.

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What It's Like to be a Male Admin

Professional Assistant Blog

Although I did have the skills and experience, I wasnt sure employers would view the move as a social disconnect. This article was originally published in Administrative Assistant’s Update newsletter. At first, I was a little worried about becoming an administrative assistant. To download a sample copy of AAU: www.writingink.ca/aau.html.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

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If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. You could use your store to sell diving excursions to tourists, dog walking to busy professionals, or your coaching/consulting/accounting/speaking skills.