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Are Additional Certifications Useful in the Workplace?

Success

The competition for a promotion or an entirely new job is fierce. The certificate alone may not be enough to qualify for employment, depending on your career choice, but it can supplement your skills. Do online certificates make interview candidates more appealing? The first step should be self-reflection.

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The six skills managers will need for the future of work

Workplace Insight

Here, I outline six skills that will be required of management teams to effectively lead their workforces in the future. In this context, one of the first skills leaders will have to learn is vulnerability. For example, employees are often only interviewed when they leave the company, when it is already too late.

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Interview questions and answers for assistants part 5

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve written four blog posts on interview questions specific to PAs, EAs and Administrative Assistants and they are all extremely popular so I thought I’d add another ten questions that I have been asked at various interviews over the years and my answers. In my next blog I will look at those dreaded scenario based questions.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

Unlearning Silence by Elaine Lin Hering It’s a concept Harvard Law School lecturer Elaine Lin Hering , an expert in negotiation, influence and conflict management skills, explores in her upcoming book, Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully. No one said anything about the tyrant and bullying.

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators

Practically Perfect PA

Over the last few years I’ve changed employers a number of times and so have had to face quite a few interviews. I went for one interview at a global accountancy firm and had a full-time permanent role as a team administrator straight away. So what happens when you do land that all important first interview?

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5 Steps to Creating Your Digital Portfolio

All Things Admin

Portfolios are useful in interviews, at review time, and whenever you want to make a case for a promotion or raise. Communication Skills. Writing Skills. It’s not necessary to include everything you’ve ever done; your main goal is to showcase your skills. Here are some options to consider: Blog. Certifications.

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7 Top Tips on Effective Hiring Practices With a Hybrid Workforce

Recruit CRM

The word ‘hybrid’ refers to, in workplace terminology, the combining of two kinds of work - working remotely and working from the office. While we might eventually drop the label for this type of work and simply refer to it as “work”, at the moment it’s still a fairly new phenomenon at the scale that we’re seeing it.