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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Not everyone can be a good minute taker – it’s a definite skill and quite often an art, hence the name of my course, The Art of Minute Taking. There are definite skills required to be a good minute taker and I’ve listed some of them below: Listening. Strive to develop these skills so you can be the best minute taker you can.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

More and more professions that require advanced degrees or highly specialized skills are joining the gig and/or on-demand economy. Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil."   Nomad Health  is another example.

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Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker?

Practically Perfect PA

It was a very handy skill to have! … They would’ve thought that this would be a must have skill to be able to take minutes. It’s a good skill to have, but the traps listed above need to be avoided. The post Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker? But now a dying art. Are you double handling information?

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These Are The Fastest Growing Jobs Dominating The Green Economy Right Now

Allwork

The role of environmental, health, and safety specialist was the fastest-growing green job between 2016 and 2022. . Analyzing member profiles from 2016 to 2022, LinkedIn’s report showed that the green jobs with the fastest pace of growth during this time were: . Environmental, health, and safety specialist (22.1%) .

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10 Habits of Ultra-Likeable Leaders

Success

These and other words describe leaders who are skilled in emotional intelligence. Unlike innate, fixed characteristics, such as your intelligence (IQ), EQ is a flexible skill that you can improve with effort. In other words, they have high social awareness—a critical EQ skill. They form personal connections.

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How to Build a Library Worth Having

Success

Here’s a mindset to guide you as you begin: Your library needs to show that you’re a serious student of life, health, spirituality, culture, uniqueness, sophistication, economics, prosperity, productivity, sales, management, skills and values of all kinds. This article was published in December 2016 and has been updated.

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6 Ways to Act on Your Ambition

Success

Building your ambition is building your enterprising skills: To consistently create new opportunities , to consistently take advantage of the opportunities you’ve created, to be aware, to face life with your eyes and ears open to the possibilities that might be just around the corner. Learning is the beginning of health. Keep learning!

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