Admin Awards

JANUARY 19, 2021

Launched in February of 2020, this up and coming membership organization of Administrative movers and shakers has big plans and a powerful mission. I reached out to Nadine to learn more, and am excited to share my interview with you. We wake up first as Blacks, not as administrative professionals. We fear for our family.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Believe it or not, sometimes being laid off can be a blessing in disguise because it can open up pathways for self-improvement. It also holds the door open for new opportunities that ask for the work experience that you have garnered up until this point in your career. In other words, have the courage to speak up.

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Karen Vivarelli

OCTOBER 11, 2020

We chatted about whether the course was the right fit for her because Krystal was already working with clients at this stage and she wanted to make sure she was going to be learning the right skills and tools before signing up. Luckily I can say that she did say ‘yes’ and signed up to my VA Course in June 2020.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink claimed in a recent interview with Fox that “we have to get our employees back in the office.” Plenty of other evidence backs up the finding that remote work reduces wage growth, such as a June 2022 survey by the Society for Human Resources. An average office space per employee can be up to $18,000 per year.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

However, the good news is that plenty of employment opportunities open up in a wide range of industries toward the end of the year, so it’s important to stay motivated during your job search. You might end up in a role you love, but you can’t assume your job is secure. Employers are looking for candidates who are adaptable.

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APRIL 7, 2023

After receiving her first commission—”a high school friend who asked [her] to make nine famous musicians,” according to an interview with Charleston magazine —she is now pulling in anywhere from $125 to $575 for each of her original felt artworks. Maybe my kids can help me pack up orders for my website, maybe I can get the packages picked up.

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JULY 13, 2023

For many of us, now years removed from that type of learning experience, the question comes up as an icebreaker activity rather than a serious interview question. It can be intimidating to speak up when you’re unsure or need more information to be successful. What was your first internship?

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 12, 2011

  Intuit and Emergent Research partnered on this research, which included interviews and workshops with a mix of financial services industry participants, analysts and academics.  Reputation and Relationships Rule : Institutions that use technology to serve up useful customer insights will win.

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Karen Vivarelli

AUGUST 4, 2020

I first met Kate Smith, Juno VA, when she joined my VA Course in March 2020. I worked for a tech start up back in 2004 after university and had the pleasure of working with a wonderful lady who provided freelance office services (set ups, systems & admin) to the new start up companies within the incubator.

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Success

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in those weeks that her podcast had gone dark, Sorro spent days balled up, crying in the darkness. Many just don’t know how to speak up because they’re so afraid to ruffle feathers,” Sorro explains. For decades, Sorro had worked up to 100 hours a week. She had given up weekends and had moved across the country.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Wait Until 8th movement is all about community,” says founder Brooke Shannon in a 2019 interview with Institute for Family Studies. “We Nearly 4,000 employees have been trained since this launched in 2020. AT&T Mission AT&T first brought mental health services on-site to their Texas headquarters in February 2020.

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Productivityist

APRIL 24, 2024

In this episode, originally broadcast in April 2020, I’m joined by Thomas Frank , a prominent content creator who has significantly influenced the YouTube and productivity community. Thomas’s journey is a testament to the power of authenticity and the importance of integrating personal passions with professional endeavors.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Etelson also speaks to how we can come together and have meaningful conversations, instead of using labels like "racist" when we disagree with how people see race, or tell them they don't realize their "white privilege" when they are unable to find a job or get a leg up in society. The Learning Question—“What was most useful to you?”:

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 9, 2023

People aged 45-64 accounted for 40 percent of the OECD workforce as of 2020, compared to only 28 percent in 1990, representing a growing share of the available talent pipeline. In the survey, hiring managers said they’d be as likely to interview someone with five years of experience as they would someone with 25 years.

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Allwork

MARCH 3, 2023

On March 12, 2020, the Mayor of San Francisco announced lockdown and some of us left jackets hanging on our chairs and unwashed mugs on our desks, not realizing we wouldn’t be back for over a year, if ever… Some tech firms announced workers didn’t ever have to come back and announced a pivot to a “digital-first” company.

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Success

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

“I have a responsibility to use my life experience to help other people,” says Elrod in his latest interview with Brilliant Thoughts ’ Tristan Ahumada. He says that serving others ends up increasing the worth of the person giving. If you hate waking up early, don’t panic. So when COVID-19 hit in March 2020, Elrod didn’t panic.

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JUNE 23, 2021

It’s this distribution of talent across geography, lifestyles and interests that makes up the virtual assistant model’s “secret sauce” and helps companies increase profit margins and productivity while boosting enthusiasm and satisfaction for employees. The choice to send workers home felt temporary in 2020.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Start by explaining that you understand the challenges, problems and frustrations as well as the epiphanies and high points that have emerged since 2020. Otherwise, you can’t begin to come up with the evolutionary steps needed to get stronger. However, reworking any culture, new or old, takes time and input.

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 9, 2024

Between March 2020 and September 2021, millions of workers furloughed under the UK government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme lived what for many of us is a dream: being paid not to work. Through interviews, I’ve researched the impact of this time on 35 people who were furloughed under the scheme.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As a part of our interview series called “How Employers and Employees are Reworking Work Together,” we had the pleasure to interview Bonnie Low-Kramen. Based on 1,000+ interviews, Bonnie’s new book about the workplace is called Staff Matters and will be published in early 2023. I think we need to get a divorce.”

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JULY 13, 2021

We’d just arrived with the moving trucks at our new home when the first neighbors showed up at the door. I interviewed 300 people to discover the quality of their relationships and here’s what they had to say. That number was only amplified with the effects of 2020. Call them up and invite them to do something.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

So he saved up his money as an investment banker, then quit his job and struck out on his own. You’ve got to be super clear on what you’re trying to solve and not waver based on all the feeds that are coming into your face,” Selva said in an interview. Fear is good when you’re running away from a lion and jump up into a tree,” he says.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

APRIL 28, 2024

In 2020, Beth founded Next Level VA, a platform born from her desire to mentor aspiring and current executive and virtual assistants. Whether you want to land your dream position or level up in your current role, Nova’s self-paced course gives you hands-on practice doing what Chiefs of Staff do every day.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JANUARY 15, 2023

In 2020, faced with redundancy brought about by a global pandemic, a recent divorce, along with a shortage of available roles because of the Covid Lockdown, Cath was given no option but to go it alone as a Virtual PA, and Bee-Assisted Limited was born. It’s free to start gifting and you get a $20 credit when you sign up.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Then Fox’s golden-boy career was seemingly derailed much too soon by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease—only to be resurrected by award-winning guest roles and, briefly, his own NBC sitcom before he officially retired in 2020. Fox grew up in a loving, supportive family that settled in the Vancouver suburb of Burnaby after his father retired.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2020

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. What is coming up on the calendar for the next three weeks? She is living it up. I am disappointed that the writer did not interview more companies.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. Many companies found they could be just as productive in four days as in five, and a few even saw employee productivity go up dramatically. As a result, companies didn’t cut salaries when they reduced hours.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

.  The study is based on a survey and series of interviews with mostly HR and procurement professionals at large corporations.  This is up from nearly 35 percent in 2015 and just 29 percent in 2011.   Ardent is also suggesting it could be as high as 50% by 2020.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

DECEMBER 25, 2022

She began her career journey straight from university assisting the CEO of a small start-up semiconductor company, before moving to a FTSE250 international oil and gas support services company, where she supported both the CEO and the CFO. It’s free to start gifting and you get a $20 credit when you sign up.

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 11, 2023

They were also researchers and influencers, so ahead of their time that it took a lot of people until 2020 to catch up. The rest of the interview is available for you to read free here The post The office needs to take on the characteristics of the city. It’s probably underselling the firm to describe it as a design practice.

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Bonnie Low-Krayman

JANUARY 10, 2024

By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Admin Professional Today | November, 2023 The Great Resignation of 2020 led to massive and chaotic hiring in 2021. The sessions were such a success that she ended up getting paid extra money for each one because the ROI was instantly evident. What’s happening now? Quiet Hiring.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Through several years of trial and error and plenty of ups and downs, the business has grown from a bare-bones website, to a thriving community, an extensive resource hub, and a profitable business. So now, I use Zoom to record all of my podcast interviews. The best part? And yes, I’ve broken my website many times over the years.

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Recruit CRM

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Agency recruiters have already wrapped up recruiting and it’s time to look back at all that the industry has attained so far. It has certainly been a year full of ups and downs but we have built resilience and sailed through it smoothly. Video interviews have always been known to influence better hiring decisions for recruiters.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 12, 2022

You can sign up for a free trial or book a demo with one of our executives to check how it can help you in managing candidates better. Online Interviewing Platforms Since the pandemic, video interviewing and video calling tools have taken on a new dimension.

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On The Job

AUGUST 31, 2016

That’s how long your company has before it’s gobbled up. By 2020, businesses that learn to master digital will become the predator, while those that make minor changes or don’t do anything at all will become digital prey , says Forrester’s Nigel Fenwick. This group risks extinction by 2020. Four years. Their biggest challenge?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Soni’s design thinking framework is made up of five stages: “inspire,” “empathize and define,” “ideate,” “prototype and test,” and “scale.” The collection of 50 assignments curated by author Sarah Green originated in her 2014 PBS series The Art Assignment , and 13 new challenges were commissioned in order to create the 2020 book.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 24, 2015

Follow-up interviews confirmed this with many of the interviewees saying they weren't getting training from their primary employer and felt they needed to do side jobs to learn the skills required for career advancement. But out interviews from a decade ago shows a much smaller percentage of side giggers citing this reason.

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