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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

Success

Job-seekers acquire these through education, training and experience. Attend workshops and seminars. Seek instructional videos in your field online. In fact, the two are so intertwined, that soft skills training has become highly valued by most institutions. Take online professional development courses.

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Choosing Administrative Training That’s Right for You

Office Dynamics

The challenge may come when you realize there are a plethora of training programs, conferences, webinars and other learning events for administrative assistants and executive assistants. I thought I would give you a quick overview of the various training platforms for assistants and a few words of wisdom. Limited number of attendees.

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Your Case for Training: Adult Learning Retention Statistics

Office Dynamics

ATD stands for the Association of Talent Development, formerly called ASTD (American Society for Training & Development). For 25 years I have been teaching live workshops, seminars and training programs for executive and administrative assistants. You can make the learning fun and engaging while watching a video.

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A Manual for Dealing with Rejection

Success

I tell people in sales that you can be having the worst day of your life, but no one has to know it,” says Hopkins, a sales seminar dynamo and the co-author of When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward. through which he produced seminars, books, and audio and video training programs.

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Executive Assistant Training Can Be Fun! iAssistant Rap

Office Dynamics

Who says training has to be boring? Training can and should be fun. Good training encourages creativity, imagination, exploration and stepping outside your comfort zone. That is why live sessions are so terrific, especially for interpersonal/soft skill training. iAssistant Rap Video - Star Achievement Series.

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Lead From Anywhere: How assistants can exemplify leadership

Office Dynamics

Joan Burge, a renowned author and administrative expert, is the creator of the Star Achievement Series®, World Class Assistant™ Certificate Program, more than 40 customized workshops and seminars for administrative professionals and author of several books. The training shows that it was well prepared through research and dedication.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb TV Free Small & Home Business Videos for you. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products.

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