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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Consider recording your training sessions, whether they’re in person or via platforms like Teams or Zoom. Incorporating Procedures Into the Onboarding Process Incorporating procedures into your training and onboarding process not only streamlines the integration of new hires but also enriches your entire company’s knowledge base.

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18 Books Every Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant Should Read

Office Dynamics

Overflowing with secrets, tips, and tools of the profession, this book is a ready resource created by those who “walk the walk and talk the talk” of the complex administrative professional role. This book for administrative and executive assistants is filled with road maps for success, scoring quizzes, real-life stories and examples.

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Is shorthand still a relevant skill for a minute taker?

Practically Perfect PA

The disadvantage of being a good shorthand typist in a meeting is that you can fall into the trap of taking too much down because you’ve been trained to take verbatim minutes. As long as you feel confident and comfortable, I think whatever tools you use to take minutes is a personal choice. And that includes shorthand.

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Skills required to be a good minute taker

Practically Perfect PA

Minute takers must have the confidence to be able to speak up in a meeting (where appropriate) and clarify points. These skills are transferable into other parts of an administrator’s role. This guest post was written by Robyn Bennett, Director, Team Link Training Ltd, New Zealand. Assertiveness. Organisation.

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

Returning after a career gap due to health, caregiving, education, etc. Seeking better benefits; health, retirement, education assistance or flexible schedule. I needed health insurance and retirement opportunities and wanted to stay within the industry I had most of my career experience in. Changing career field.

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Why Are You #AdminProud?

All Things Admin

I am #adminproud because I love keeping my execs on track, being part of the team, and continuing to learn.” – Christine Stein, executive assistant, PrimaryOne Health. “To As part of our professional development, I had taken basic MS Word and Excel courses. To be honest, the career found me!

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Decision Making Skills

Office Dynamics

Annual Blog-a-thon for Administrative Professionals. We are holding 4th Annual Blog-a-thon for the Administrative Profession. To learn more about the blog-a-thon and how you can win great prizes check out the Administrative Professional's Blog-a-thon Page for the full message. Welcome to the Who Took My Pen.

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