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

Practically Perfect PA

Read the first one, on what to look for in an event supplier , and watch out for the third and final blog, on how to ensure organisations value PA work! See also if internal and external PA networks have evening seminars and other networking opportunities available.

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News from Assist Travel

Practically Perfect PA

The venue has been confirmed and we have some brilliant suppliers attending the exhibition. . It can be easy for assistants to justify training on tasks such as Excel or PowerPoint, but you probably spend much more time organising business trips. We really do have world-class speakers talking all thing business travel.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Internal training and graduate programmes. If your company has an internal training programme which could be online do take the time to have a look at the options. You can meet with potential suppliers but also attend free training sessions. Most organisations that I have worked for offer Word, Excel and Powerpoint courses.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Help them better leverage partners and suppliers? Structure: This is like an elaborate version of your résumé, perhaps most easily done in PowerPoint. Can you bring in new business, improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, help build the strategy that will form the company’s future? Help them attract and retain top talent?