Thu.Jan 10, 2019

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Is multitasking still a useful skill for Assistants?

Practically Perfect PA

Being a good multitasker was on the job description of pretty much every Assistant role I applied for when I first started as an Assistant. Since then experts have shown that multitasking does precisely the opposite of what we thought it did. So, multitasking doesn’t keep us productive and able to get through lots of […].

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Ideas for Personal Goals? – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

Welcome to our very first question for Ask an Admin – Admin to Admin Advice, where you submit the question and your peers answer your question. We believe that there are many different ways to approach problems, difficult tasks, and situations so we thought this would be a great way to provide you a place to share your input as well as receive input from others.

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Is the Gig Economy a "Big Nothingburger"?

Small Business Labs

The Mother Jones article The Gig Economy is a Big Nothingburger is an excellent example of the response to a new paper - Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States - from the economists Lawrence Katz and Alan Krueger. In their paper Katz and Krueger say the estimates of the size and growth of the gig economy in their 2015 study were too high.

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Leverage Your Guest Appearances and Interviews for Maximum Visibility

Stephanie LH Calahan

Being a guest expert provides you the opportunity to get in front of millions of people, share your message/mission, show them how you can solve a problem they might have, and build powerful relationships with the person hosting you. Sadly, many don’t recognize the amazing opportunity they have when their appearance is over. The more you help promote your appearance, the more the host is inspired to share too.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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6 Signs You’ve Fallen Into The Employee Mentality Pit

Tips From T. Marie

As the instructor of a best-selling online course teaching individuals how to work from home as a virtual assistant, I get plenty of questions. A recent one reminded me of one of the pitfalls to avoid when starting and running your own business. It’s entirely too easy to fall into the deep, dark pit of what I call employee mentality. Employee mentality is when an invisible, but very important line is crossed between business owner and employee.

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The EA Job Search: Why it’s so difficult to obtain senior roles

Who's the Real Boss?

How many times have you had a recruiter explain to you during your EA/PA job search that those six figure senior EA roles that you are seeking, are “few and far between” and that they only see those types of roles “once, maybe twice a year”? They’re not the words you want to hear when you’re between roles and hoping for that next great senior gig.

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