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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. I was equipped with both and strong leadership skills that could help me succeed anywhere. “If

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Technology of the week – Pin Drop

Practically Perfect PA

You can drop a pin and then categorise it by theme (for example – restaurant, bar, great coffee shop, funky cinema etc). Users can add their own notes, images as well as audio and video files. Hw often are assistants asked to find a great restaurant or meeting location for their boss in places they have never been to before?

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Getting buy in from the boss

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It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. Highlight WIFM (what’s in it for me) and help them to see that you will gain skills and knowledge that will be essential for future growth. When it came to appraisal time I then had a working file to draw on.

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The 4 steps of business travel planning: Managing your Executive while they are on the road

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Once the boss is settled into the hotel send them a reminder email detailing the hotel amenities and any local information that might prove useful (weather, good restaurants, nearest public transport). Have duplicates of everything and keep the paper work together in a file on your desk for easy access.

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators Part 2

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You should refer back to your core PA/EA skills for this one. This question is asking you to demonstrate which skills you call on to resolve problems. We also organised taxis for people to get across London and offered them free use of our restaurant if they needed to stay longer than planned. Here is part 2… 1.

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How to remember those random requests

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I’ve spent many many hours searching for bits of paper my manager has lost (or never actually had…), I’ve tried to remember hotels and restaurants they visited five years ago and clients they met briefly at a conference the previous summer. Archive and search rather than file.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Be one step ahead of your boss. Be protective of your boss’s time. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.