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3 Things To Do This Month for Your Career

On The Job

Touch base with your network. There also are usually a lot of fall workshops and seminars in various industries -- make a commitment to attend at least one so you can expand your network or connect with those in your industry. Ask for recommendations from your network. You should: 1.

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

Practically Perfect PA

This is worth doing regardless of your role or industry, but particularly valuable in a role as variable as that of a PA. Look out for and take advantage of networking events and skills development wherever possible. Solution: If there isn’t a PA network in your organisation, create one! Participate in forums and events.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

If it does then ask to attend their initial training sessions on the industry. Networking Groups. There are PA networking groups springing up all over the place these days, which is absolutely brilliant! Most organisations that I have worked for offer Word, Excel and Powerpoint courses.

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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

Office Dynamics

For those of us in the training/adult learning industry, there is a difference. Conferences are great if you want to network with a lot of different people, and hear many different speakers. Video or PowerPoint Presentation? Even within conferences there are differences. Personally, I want to see the presenter’s face.

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Has The Bubble Burst?

Professional Assistant Blog

There is an entire industry dedicated to the issue; a sub-niche of personal development, capable of surviving and even thriving on its own. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half? It’s understandable this has come about.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

We have been the industry filing experts since 1985, and have found that the key to successful filing is to find the products /solutions that fit your needs. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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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!