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Is Project Management Certification Right for You?

Eat Your Career

Like many of you reading or watching this, I also managed projects (in an unofficial capacity) throughout my career as an administrative professional. Since obtaining my PMP certification, I’ve had a lot of people (including many administrative professionals) ask if they should consider it. Final Thoughts.

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Service, Not Subservience: A Guide for Executive Assistants and Administrative Support Professionals

My EA Career

As an Executive Assistant, Personal Assistant or Administrative Professional, your role is critical in supporting your organisation and your colleagues. In contrast, subservience involves sacrificing your autonomy and values to please others, often at the expense of your own well-being.

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Introduction to Procedures: Usage, Terminology, and Tips for Getting Started

All Things Admin

Administrative professionals come at procedures from many different knowledge levels. Example: An employee handbook that includes a procedure for submitting expense reports, outlining the steps to fill out the form, attach receipts, and submit it to the finance department.

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An Admin’s Cheat Sheet to Business Terminology

All Things Admin

It was truly like learning another language. There are a lot of ways to develop your business acumen , but one of the most fundamental ways is to learn the language of business. P&L – Profit & Loss: This is a financial statement that shows the revenues, costs, and expenses of a company over a particular period of time.

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Travel Planning in a Pandemic? Here’s What You Need to Know

All Things Admin

You need to fully research your destination, and learn as much as you can about where you’re going and what to expect when you get there. Many countries are imposing forced quarantine periods overseen by government authorities and health officials, often at the traveler’s expense. You need to have a contingency plan.

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An interview with Admin Awards Founder, Sunny Nunan, by Executive Support Magazine

Admin Awards

To read this interview in Executive Support Magazine visit: [link] Sunny Nunan is the CEO and Founder of the Admin Awards in the USA, created in honor of her mother, a life-long administrative professional Can we start with a little background information? Tell us about the Colleen Barrett Award for Administrative Excellence.

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Embrace Change for Career Success!

All Things Admin

On a professional level, change can be simple, like finding a more efficient way to complete a task, or complicated, like learning to support a new executive or changing jobs entirely. The Innovation Mindset (sometimes called the Growth Mindset) sees change as an opportunity to learn and grow.