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Building on your skills

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Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Building on your skills Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 8:46 am // By: ktcosmos // Category: Virtual Assistant Resources It’s the time of year when we all do some self assessment and then look ahead to changes we want to make in the coming year. Loose Ends.

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Successful Resumés

Laughing all the Way to Work

One of the many things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. I will share some of what I recall from this workshop. Highly skilled typist with excellent knowledge of various computer software programs. Previous experience as a legal assistant to a Corporate lawyer.

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

One of the things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. Instead they recommended setting out your skills and strengths in point form right up front so the potential employer can see if you have the skills for the job. Previous experience as a legal assistant to a Corporate lawyer.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

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Quickly, Low-Kramen realized that prioritizing was a vital movie-set skill. Low-Kramen published a book about her life and career in 2004 and quickly gained attention from it, giving talks about her experience and teaching others (she hadn’t signed a nondisclosure agreement with Dukakis, she said).

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More VA Training Options

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Many of these target new VAs rather than experienced professionals looking to expand their skills into new or build their existing competencies to the expert level. After attending several of her workshops, I’ve found them to be spot on. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Sydni is able to charge $75/hr.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

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Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. Reach out to groups that cater to Black engineers, LGBTQ professionals, Hispanic programmers—whatever skill set you might need. In a landmark project chronicled by David A.

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Her true passion, however, was the personal growth and development workshops, seminars and programs that taught her to dream and opened new worlds of possibility for her life. Now, the CARDBoard Project focuses on bridging the digital divide through the “three legs of the stool”: access, affordability and digital skills training. .

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