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Practical Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. Secondly use the Gap Analysis model.

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Third of businesses say they are more likely to hire contractors this year

Workplace Insight

Lucy Bisset, Director of Robert Walters UK comments: “In the wake of tighter budgets, headcounts being streamlined and other cost-cutting incentives – we’re seeing employers increasingly turning to skills-based temporary hiring.” Whilst just over two-fifths (41 percent) cited issues with sourcing skilled contractors as the main challenge.

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A quarter of projects don’t meet their stated goals – but that’s not because of remote working

Workplace Insight

A quarter of all projects do not meet the business goals that their organisations set for them, according to research published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the 15th edition of its Pulse of the Profession report – The Future of Project Work. These projects account for a quarter of all budget lost.

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Despite low productivity, UK firms still don’t look for ways to improve on past performance

Workplace Insight

A large proportion of business owners (65 per cent) and senior managers (82 per cent) have increased their use of project-based methods on everyday tasks, such as introducing measures to identify and manage risk. Despite this, many are still failing to assign enough dedicated project managers to the work.

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So do assistants think the role has diversified?

Practically Perfect PA

Event Management, Project Management, Human Resources and Finance have become a big part of my job. Tasks and responsibilities involving heavy project management are becoming commonplace for the admin too.” I think many of us already know how our roles have diversified in our own firms. I’ve had one 2.5%

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If their price is beyond your budget, that’s okay – just tell them, then go look for someone in your price range. When the project is finished, if you think the price was too much for what was delivered, tell them why you didn’t see the value you expected. .&# They called it a “template.&#

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