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

All Things Admin

If all else fails, pick up the phone and call the local officials. Many countries are imposing forced quarantine periods overseen by government authorities and health officials, often at the traveler’s expense. Talk to friends or colleagues who live in the area or have traveled there recently. Testing May Be Required.

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An Admin’s Cheat Sheet to Business Terminology

All Things Admin

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. Margin – This is profit from a product or service after all expenses have been covered. It is calculated by dividing the net profit by the investment cost.

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

Do you hear the ‘ Ring, Ring’ of the Get-a-Clue phone? Not long after, I had phone call with a close friend that has known me since high school. What example am I setting for our teenage daughter about pursuing dreams at a fairly expensive price? It’s a message, folks! Are you hearing it? Are you hearing it? Friend: I miss you.

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Embrace Change for Career Success!

All Things Admin

And as much as we may resist it, without it we’d still be using rotary phones and manual typewriters. The Innovative Admin is an administrative professional who introduces, creates, or applies new or renewed ideas or methods of doing things to the office environment. Change is inevitable.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

Being a 'doer' who takes great pride in my work as an administrative professional, with very few gaps in my work history, you can imagine what life has been like for me since making that leap. I have also participated in several fruitful phone screens, and I have an onsite interview scheduled in the coming days.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

High profile business leaders, individuals and professional couples with multiple homes who serve on various boards and are involved with philanthropic causes often require a personal assistant to manage their private lives. What if you need someone to do both? This role is gaining in popularity.

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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Office Dynamics

For instance, as an administrative assistant, maybe your leader delivers her travel expense receipts just before the statement deadline…and it becomes easy to think, “She’ll just pay a late fee monthly.” As administrative professionals, we need to cognitively and consciously challenge our thinking daily.

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