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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. She is living it up.

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Highlights from a Talk With the CEO of SHRM: What HR Really Thinks About EAs

Bonnie Low Kramen

SHRM is the Society of Human Resource Management with 300,000 members. On one hand, we know that Executive Assistants are the backbone of companies, the right arms to their managers, and the face of the company culture. In our first phone conversation, Johnny told me that my article surprised him. Taylor Jr. & Deep breath.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Administrative Assistant Job Descriptions

Administrative Arts

Answering Phones and Screening Calls. Managing Calendars. This one item can become a whole list on some job descriptions if they get specific as to the particular documents you’ll manage. This can also include creating and modifying PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets. Project Management.

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Answering Reader Mail: Confidential Job Hunts, Raises, Promotions & Better Projects

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It’s such a shame that there aren’t more managers who are good mentors that help each individual grow and learn more in their roles. Granted, I understand that many managers are busy and it’s faster for them to do certain projects. You also have more negotiating leverage for a better salary and projects.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

The last online course I took was under $70 and was interactive using both the computer and a speaker phone for audio. I have asked for a raise however, but it was after I considered a move somewhere else and wasnt sure I wanted to go, so gave my employer a chance to match the new salary and they did. January 13, 2009 Anonymoussaid.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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