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Is Project Management Certification Right for You?

Eat Your Career

Project management certification can be a useful tool to advance your career, whether or not you’re a formal project manager or aspire to become one in the future. Some people find it surprising that I have my PMP, since I’m not a formal project manager and I don’t aspire to become one. Know Your Goals.

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How to Speak the Language of Project Management

Eat Your Career

Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. Project management is an entire field of study in and of itself. But many people, in many roles, manage projects in an “unofficial” capacity. To make that happen, you need to speak the language of project management.

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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

ProAssisting Blog

That said, use your emotional intelligence to understand when and how to bring up such ideas and concerns. If you find the right timing, can discern your principal’s openness at that time, AND come armed with a solution or highlight an issue they hadn’t considered, they will sit up and take notice.

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Practical Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. Keep up to date.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

Success

The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. The process for ordering office supplies and setting up the conference room for meetings was different. Consider recording your training sessions, whether they’re in person or via platforms like Teams or Zoom.

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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

Success

Based on your assessment, rate the skills from most to least important, and compare the necessary skills against your experience and training. Career website Indeed.com recommends including 10 to 30 skills on your resume, with soft skills taking up no more than half the list.

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