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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

In its fourth quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 financial reports—while many other companies were experiencing layoffs and frantically downsizing—BELAY announced record-breaking numbers. You do not need to be managing email and invoicing and bookkeeping,” she says. “If The choice to send workers home felt temporary in 2020.

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Administrative Assistants Broaden Your Skillset

Office Dynamics

I wanted to know the areas the assistants were interested in growing and learning about. If you want to be viewed as a strategic partner and considered an extension of the management team, you need to make time to look at your own development. Over the next few months, make time to consider where you need to grow in 2020.

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9 Pro Tips for Avoiding Loneliness When You Work From Home

Success

They’re tips from writers like myself and other professionals who’ve learned the best ways to be social without an office to visit or co-workers to chat with. I try to schedule lunch or coffee with a friend once a week in order to have a little socialization on my calendar. Consider getting a furry friend.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. No company just lopped a day off their calendar. “Instantly, you see happier people,” says Paul McNulty, whose online publishing company adopted this schedule in mid-2020. That’s really great to see.”

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

As a company Founder or CEO, you may be looking for an executive assistant to schedule meetings, organize business trips, as well as manage many aspects of your personal life. Last year for example, at C-Suite Assistants, only 7 percent of our total placements in 2020 were for EA/PAs. What if you need someone to do both?

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