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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Network for her community work with ScholarCHIPS.

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Networking best practices for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Networking is really important. We are behind the scenes specialists, we are not encouraged to put ourselves out there and even if we did want to get involved in a networking event we are often too busy to leave the office. The problem is networking is really important. Which networking events to attend.

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Meet the 2022 Women of Influence

Success

Florence Nightingale Graham: This early adopter of skin-care revolutions set out to create her very own “beauty cream,” which ultimately evolved into international cosmetics empire Elizabeth Arden. In 2014, as a student pursuing a master’s degree, her class was given an assignment to create a project lasting 100 days. Poet and Author.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). She’s a big believer in networking and building relationships with colleagues of both genders. “If

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What can assistants expect in 2015?

Practically Perfect PA

I genuinely think 2014 was a turning point in our industry and I think 2015 will see a consolidation of our efforts to take our profession forward. Technology now allows individuals easier access to new opportunities and recruitment agencies are much more adapt at targeting the right candidates through social media and networking websites.

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It Takes Courage: Building Administrative Support Teams

Office Dynamics

The answer was right in front of me…a support staff group within the organization who met monthly to share information, network and receive professional development. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

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Feeling unappreciated?

Practically Perfect PA

Skip forward to summer 2014 and the voices in my head were pretty vocal about running some sort of event. To power them to have the confidence to seek more recognition and rewards. The role of networking internally and externally to help assistants develop. I was trying to ignore them. Developing the power to influence.

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