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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders. I talk with thousands of assistants and managers who think they are communicating with each other because they text or email each other all day. This is not communicating.

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Highlights from a Talk With the CEO of SHRM: What HR Really Thinks About EAs

Bonnie Low Kramen

With the article attached, I sent Johnny a short email introducing myself and asked for a conversation with a brief explanation about why. Johnny talked about an annual training budget of $1500/year as a norm and I shared that $5000/year was more often the average number I am hearing from assistants across America. Taylor, Jr.

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6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance

Professional Assistant Blog

Create a budget! Go out with friends, take a hot bath, listen to some music, join a club or take a class. Imagine that the end of the world is near. Picture what you would do in the last moments of your time. Try to do these things in your life starting today. Finances can weigh people down and create problems in relationships.

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5 Ways To Use Google+ For Business

Small Business CEO

Google Plus Hangouts will facilitate videoconferencing when business people cannot reach a central location for a meeting due to budget constraints, schedules or flight delays. A PowerPoint presentation can be shared through Screen Share and allow others to view it at the same time. Google Plus Screen Share for Collaboration.

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10 Tests Administered During Job Interviews

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

4) Powerpoint This test is also given on the computer as well. It will test how well you know how to use Powerpoint. Another variation of this test is to write a sample email or letter to a client or vendor. You are only given your budget, who is attending, and why, the rest of the details are up to you.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Another factor is that they simply don’t have the budget for it, especially if they have staff that need expensive professional qualifications and CPD programmes. Most organisations that I have worked for offer Word, Excel and Powerpoint courses. Take these courses until you have completed each stage.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work. Finance: An assistant with a head for numbers may be able to move into finance in an accounting or a tax firm.

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