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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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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

Eat Your Career

Recommended Resource: Straight Talk About Salaries (Recorded Webinar). Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. For example, project managers have the PMP certification and Human Resources have SHRM certifications.

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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. Therefore, not just any PowerPoint or Excel class will truly serve the profession. Taylor Jr. &

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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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How to Make Money With AI in 2024: A Beginner’s Guide to Saving Time and Effort

Success

We feed the AI tool data, and it manages customer service tasks. My managers and I can also go in and see where changes need to be made in sales calls based on the input from Chorus. The AI tools efficiently collected and analyzed information on who could be a great client for us. a minute.

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Administrative Assistant Job Descriptions

Administrative Arts

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. This includes setting up and managing electronic and physical files.

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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.