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Strategies for Advancing Your Career Outside of Administrative Services

Office Dynamics

The skills you gain as an administrative professional can easily transfer to other roles. For example, here are a few of the most common roles that may be a great fit for assistants, depending on your skills and interests: Project Manager. Training Coordinator. Event Planner. Virtual Assistant. Database Administrator.

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Strategies for Advancing Your Career in Administrative Services

Office Dynamics

For others, it means moving into a support position for a higher-level executive, assisting a CEO or CFO for example. If you’re still struggling with time management, organization, professional presence, and communication, focus on amplifying your skills in these key areas. There’s no substitution for mastery. Proficiency isn’t enough.

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10 Ways to Make Remote Hiring a Cake Walk!

Recruit CRM

If you're hiring for a remote position, certain personality traits and skills are more critical now than ever. Be sure to mention your expectations, including the required skills and traits. On the other hand, recruiters can use skill-based assessments to identify hard skills. Be specific but concise.

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Cut Word Clutter: Get Rid of Tag-ons and Redundancies

Office Dynamics

For example, would you write “sum” or “total”? The announcer’s sarcastic comment about the team’s losing streak punctuated his commentary about the players’ poor skills.” Watch out for these common redundancies: grouped together. still persist. continue to remain. plan ahead. With many redundancies, you might select one or the other.

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18 Books Every Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant Should Read

Office Dynamics

This book for administrative and executive assistants is filled with road maps for success, scoring quizzes, real-life stories and examples. Are you looking for a way to demonstrate the skills and value you contribute to your organization and team? 18 Days to Become a Better Writer by Barbara McNichol (eBook).

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The Assistant Toolkit

Practically Perfect PA

The first Practically Perfect PA eBook is available for everyone to download and I am just about to launch this year’s Industry Snapshot survey… So busy, busy! It is the bag of skills, competencies, qualifications and hard earned knowledge that you carry with you every day. Email and Diary Management. Minute Taking.

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Are You Utilizing Your Staff Effectively?

Productivity Bits

For example – one employee, now in the corporate world, was hiding a previous career long, long ago as a stand up comic. His astute employer called him in to help the chairman work on his nerves and presentation skills. Here are a few suggestions of how you can utilise people’s skills AND/OR experiences: Experience With Children.

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