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It’s vital employers understand the new EHRC guidelines on menopause 

Workplace Insight

As the guidelines highlight, this can be practiced through training sessions, lunch and learns or by creating safe spaces in staff networks, such as encouraging confidential one-to-ones with managers. These measures enact business-led policies by ensuring that they are kept under regular review and are making a positive impact.

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A review of Assist Travel 2015

Practically Perfect PA

We used this session as a bit of a networking / ice breaker. Throughout the day our delegates had meetings with our exhibitors who represented a variety of suppliers within the travel industry. During lunch we made sure that everyone had some time to network and chat. It was a big hit and got everyone talking!

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

You uncover outsourcing talent the same way you find employees: by networking in person or online, asking for recommendations and interviewing carefully. VirtualAssistantAssistant.com has reviews and ratings of many virtual assistant companies. Who you gonna call? com , are—as the name suggests—global.

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How can assistants add value in the workplace?

Practically Perfect PA

Assistant’s work with suppliers on a regular basis and can easily research and suggest new suppliers which might save the organisation money. Every year it is well worth reviewing all of the suppliers that you use and renegotiating your contracts. Fix an existing problem. 6. Prevent a future problem.

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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! So we asked our attendees what they thought about their career paths, skills development, performance reviews , and any other developmental aspects of their jobs.

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Is Your Networking Fishy Enough?

The Small Business Blog

Build your own network! Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? by adrianswinscoe on Jul 02, 2010 Networking is an essential growth strategy for any small (even large) business. However, there is an essential difference between having a strategy and how you implement it and many small businesses try networking with little success.

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Communicating With Small Businesses Using Facebook

Small Business Labs

.  John is about to release a new version of his book Built to Sell , which we will review later this month.  The blog post I found most interesting shows that Facebook is the preferred social media network small businesses want their suppliers to use to communicate with them. 

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