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How to use your personal brand to get the right job

Practically Perfect PA

Administrative professionals make up a fifth of the working population so although there are plenty of jobs the competition is tough, particularly for the senior assistant roles. There are a number of opportunities to sell your personal brand during the job hunting process. Why not assistants?

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No Opportunities for Career Advancement? Do These 5 Things

All Things Admin

If you don’t have a weekly meeting, it’s time to set up one so your manager can stay connected to what you’re doing. If the answer is no, start preparing for a job hunt. This article first appeared in Executive Secretary Magazine , a global training publication and must read for any administrative professional.

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4 Ways to Leverage Your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy

All Things Admin

3 Types of Professional Portfolios There are three types of professional portfolios: print, social, and digital. Each type helps set you up for success. But when you combine all three, you create your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy ®. Job Interviews. Performance Reviews. Business Development.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

We had an incredible webinar event with over 1,300 assistants registered to learn more about why, as an administrative professional, they should consider a career certification. Live Webinar Question and Answer Follow up! Or that your organization requires a degree before you can move up?

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Want to work for a startup? What you need to know

Practically Perfect PA

Do you want to work for a start up? Having set up my own business I can honestly say that change has been the only consistent thing over the last few years. But, if you thrive on the unexpected and are a little bored with the usual corporate way of doing things, then a startup might be right up your street.

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The keywords to help you land your next PA role

Practically Perfect PA

Looking through the varies jobs boards for assistants there are plenty of opportunities out there. Well, as we all know the first step on the long and winding road to a new role is to dust off your CV and update it with all the stuff you’ve been up to over the last few years. But where to start?

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Do you ever get that ho hum feeling about your job and know it is time to consider moving on? After four years at my previous job I knew it was time to go. When an opportunity came up, I went for it. She felt in her current job she was not being challenged and used to her potential and was thinking about making a change.