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The Admin Title Recalibration Initiative: Expanded Career Pathing for Administrative Professionals

Admin Awards

One year later, in a single day, I had encounters with two separate professionals, both with the title of “Chief of Staff” but with entirely different experiential backgrounds and responsibilities. The Administrative Title Recalibration Initiative intends to prompt such a change.

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Quiet Hiring: Admin Professional Trend

Bonnie Low-Krayman

What leaders and HR recruiters have discovered is that many of their current staff possess not-so-obvious talents and skills that can be leveraged for current projects. In addition to already having excellent organizational, communication, and scheduling skills, many administrative professionals also can flex the following skills.

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5 Administrative Assistant Skills That Add the Most Value

Admin Awards

Administrative professionals provide real benefits to the people they support and the organization at large. The best administrative professionals aren’t just supporting players. The best administrative professionals aren’t just supporting players. What are their administrative skills?

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Blatant Pronoun Misuses You Want to Learn and Avoid

Office Dynamics

Bob hired Peggy and I to draft the proposal.” Does it sound right to say “Bob hired I to draft the proposal”? Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. (“Subjective” refers to the pronoun’s place in the sentence—as a subject.). Clue: Say the sentence without “Jack.”

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Look at Your Written Messages Through an Editor’s Lens

Office Dynamics

Whenever you write something—a report, proposal, or sensitive email—you naturally don a writer’s hat. Barbara McNichol is passionate about helping administrative professionals add power to their pen. But don’t stop there. You’re not finished! It’s time to scrutinize and then fine-tune what you’ve crafted.

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Writing Meaningful Performance Goals

All Things Admin

” For many administrative professionals, this is the single hardest moment of your annual performance review. It will help guide all of the decisions you make related to investing money in training and networking, which skills you want to improve or develop, and ultimately, where you want your career to take you.

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5 Ways to Be a Value-Added Employee

Office Dynamics

Observing administrative professionals at work is one of my greatest moments. Propose them. While traveling gets old after a while and is tiring, I love what I learn when I go on site into an organization. I see employees in action in their environments. I meet executives and have great discussions. Save money. “A Be proactive.