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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! For instance, PAs could sign up for courses that would allow them to give internal training on software such as PowerPoint.

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News from Assist Travel

Practically Perfect PA

The venue has been confirmed and we have some brilliant suppliers attending the exhibition. . It can be easy for assistants to justify training on tasks such as Excel or PowerPoint, but you probably spend much more time organising business trips. We really do have world-class speakers talking all thing business travel.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

You can meet with potential suppliers but also attend free training sessions. Most organisations that I have worked for offer Word, Excel and Powerpoint courses. There are also trade shows abroad that will pay for your flights and accommodation if you can qualify for their hosted buyer schemes.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Help them better leverage partners and suppliers? Structure: This is like an elaborate version of your résumé, perhaps most easily done in PowerPoint. Can you bring in new business, improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, help build the strategy that will form the company’s future? Help them attract and retain top talent?

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Top 5 Tips for Using Technology for Marketing

The Small Business Blog

Use custom backgrounds and stock photography to make PowerPoint presentations more interesting for the viewer. Learn how to use publishing software and create eye-catching promotional material. Invest in a colour printer to make business cards, stationery and letterheads look more professional. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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