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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

Laughing all the Way to Work

This could include sympathy cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, congratulations on a promotion, a card to reconnect with a client you havent heard from in awhile, or many other reasons. I dont often promote any businesses from my blog, but I thought this one was worth talking about. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you can prove yourself as a good worker you can go up through the ranks and because they already know how you work, they are more apt to promote you. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I've heard of EAs who are promoted to Operations or Facilities roles later on in their careers but at this point, I am playing both roles. I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA.