Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 12, 2011

Laptops and phones are powerful enough that we can complete most types of tasks while travelling; any location can be a workstation. This can be a major productivity boon if you’re traveling on business. USE YOUR OWN: It’s tempting, especially while traveling, to pop into an Internet café to send e-mails and conduct business.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The University of Greenwich run a great placement programme for corporates and agencies looking for interns and event students. Commuting accounts for a third of all car travel and events are a great opportunity to reduce that. Hannah very kindly spoke at Assist Travel which took place in London on 9th September.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 14, 2016

Situated in the breathtaking surrounds of the coastal paradise on the French Riviera, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, running from June 18th-25th attracts a global audience of the biggest players in the communications, advertising and marketing industries. Creativity matters for business, for change, for good.”.

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C-Suite Assistants

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

An EA to the CEO acts as a liaison with others, internally and externally. Frequent interaction with internal department heads within the organization as well as the board of directors is part of the role. We recommend using an expert executive assistant staffing agency like ours to handle the task. Delegate to the CEO.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We recently worked with Gallus Events who managed our Assist Travel event in London. William from Gallus Events curates an Event, Travel and Hospitality Technology Show and is a big fan of the platform: “It’s an industry standard practice to compare the usability of event, travel and hospitality technology to Eventbrite.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 7, 2015

Prior to this I worked for a large International Marketing Agency organising events and promotions for one of the UKs biggest retailers. I don’t really have a hard part of the day, I used to work in marketing for a large agency and that was gruelling so I appreciate the nice work environment and work life balance I currently have.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 12, 2015

Technology now allows individuals easier access to new opportunities and recruitment agencies are much more adapt at targeting the right candidates through social media and networking websites. There are advancements in the travel industry every year. It is an exciting step in the right direction. Client Entertainment.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Agencies such as World Vision are on the ground now helping where they can. These children, who are under five years old, were fending for themselves on the street because the orphanage collapsed. But for the charity of an old woman who came to feed them, they had no one. Please give as you are able for the care of the children of Haiti.

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Allwork

MAY 16, 2023

LiquidSpace and Kadence have partnered to revolutionize hybrid work by providing employees with access to a global network of flexible workspaces and internal offices through a single platform. Travelling to HQ to bond, celebrate wins, and the company mission. Working near home on days when home just doesn’t work.

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The gentleman on the call introduced himself as a consultant with a well-known local staffing agency who had reviewed the resume I had uploaded to the organization's website. At first blush, my pride flared up and my internal Vanessa started to craft a sassy retort to the gentleman about the awesomeness of my resume, yada yada.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 3, 2013

Travel Planning for Executive & Administrative Assistants. But I really didn’t understand the intricacies of travel until I became an executive and traveled often. For 22 years, I have been traveling; mostly within the United States. For 22 years, I have been traveling; mostly within the United States.

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Service Untitled

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A recent survey conducted by Consumer Travel Alliance revealed more than 50% of the participants rated the TSA as offering the worst customer service. Following close behind with 29% were airlines, 10% were car rentals, 5% were hotels, 3% were cruise lines, and 1% were for online and brick and mortar travel agencies.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. Can you make a post about addressing government official in Canada? I was faced with this task last week, and while I think I did it correctly, a little guidance wouldnt hurt. February 22, 2009 Patricia Robb said. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! I'm an EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly. When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. They write. “Hi

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C-Suite Assistants

JULY 31, 2023

Collaborating with your internal team or engaging a specialized recruiting firm for C-Suite level Executive/Personal Assistants can be immensely beneficial in defining job priorities and understanding what expectations are realistic within the current talent market. Event management is also often taken on by the EA.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. Sure, some of them might have the same jobs, but you will soon find that sometimes a company will only work with one specific agency. Job hunting is a numbers and timing game.

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Success

MARCH 17, 2022

One of my clients in the travel industry competes effectively by customizing the experience. Your giant national and international competitors often will bring in people from their corporate offices to sell accounts. Play up your ability to customize your solution to fit your client’s needs. Use proximity to build relationships.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In recent years, Portugal (and Lisbon in particular) has been intensively promoted to the outside world, not only on tourism platforms, but also at international events for entrepreneurs — for example, Web Summit and Made of Lisboa. Simone Franke (Founder & CEO, Pappus Agency): Portuguese coworking is developing in a unique direction.

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Recruit CRM

OCTOBER 7, 2020

For instance, there are recruitment agency softwares in the market that help recruiters in really great ways like-managing and visualizing the candidates, has a powerful resume parser, lets you hotlist candidates in order to save time and for future reference, help in job management and so much more. less than 20 minutes).

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Recruit CRM

OCTOBER 7, 2020

For instance, there are software for recruitment agencies in the market that help recruiters in managing and visualising the candidates, has a powerful resume parser , lets you hotlist candidates in order to save time and for future references, helps in job management and so much more. less than 20 minutes).

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

The Pros and Cons Written by Agent X - 30 Comments Here’s a great slam-dunk post for you from my respected friend and international copywriting authority, Dean Rieck of Direct Creative and Pro Copy Tips. ’ I’ve been writing in ad agencies for over 20 years now and have never seen the freelance side.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Yes I have taken numerous courses to assist with my role both internal office courses and external professional courses. Being a PA covers a lot of topics that range across the board – from being a celebrity PA to working as a PA for a construction company or a law enforcement agency. I have taken several courses and classes.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to form Righteous Uplifting Nourishing International, a global nonprofit organization whose message is to change lives one soul at a time. Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry. Coaches, trainers, speakers, teachers. Now, her team—also the No. Dave Conord.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. The shortest route to fill that gap is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. You want to gain as much relevant experience as you can.

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The Marq

MAY 7, 2019

The site was founded by Shane Parrish , " a former cybersecruity expert with Canada's top intelligence agency " (link to article by The New York Times). Parrish recommends slow reading to internalize many of the concepts he presents. That certainly got my attention and interest to find out what this guy had to say.

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