Office Dynamics

MAY 21, 2019

Most of the time assistants tell me they can’t attend our conference for administrative assistants or training because of budget cuts or not getting financial support. Sometimes it really is a budget issue. Negotiate if necessary. I understand that perfectly as a business owner and CEO. Points to Consider 1. Why shouldn’t you?

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Budget PowerPoint Training Negotiating 235

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2020

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights. They are not paid the big bucks to manage a calendar and book flights.

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Calendars Administrative Professionals PowerPoint Skills 325

Admin Awards

APRIL 24, 2020

What are their administrative skills? Here are five administrative assistant skills that can help you get hired, succeed on the job and drive your career. They look for individuals who proactively update their administrative assistant skills through training. Budget perceptiveness. Industry knowledge. Artful articulation.

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Skills Administrative Professionals Social Media Microsoft Word 40

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 8, 2017

In fact, you’ll be wondering how you ever managed without a venue finder. You need to juggle the demands for location, capacity, budget, amenities and environmental factors to get the right result for your event. The best venue finders are experienced negotiators able to secure rates that are lower than if you booked direct.

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Budget Negotiating Agencies Stress 159

Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The first time I became involved in planning meetings was in my role as an office manager/prospect donor researcher in the Grants and Development Office of a state university. I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do.

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Suppliers Meeting Planning Administrative Professionals Attire 226

Success

MARCH 23, 2022

I lack the necessary detail-oriented skills to turn it into a reality. But there’s a big difference between that and having a budget, a packing list and an hour-by-hour breakdown of where we will be in the course of such a trip, all of which I need to make it executable as a side hustle. I often convince people to go with me.

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Social Media Forms Negotiating Learning 290

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 8, 2014

Your manager has just returned from a Board meeting. Your manager delivers the news that he has nominated you to coordinate the training. Their fabulous collection comprises Event Sweetie , which is the event management side of the business and Location Darling which is their venue and accommodation sourcing service.

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Agencies Negotiating Equipment Training 100

Page Personnel

MAY 26, 2021

They can also run up to a full year or more for project rollouts, or if a company is reviewing staffing needs or hiring budget for permanent positions. Virtually any contracting professional who has the right experience for a company can negotiate a favourable rate. RELATED: How to negotiate your next salary 4. Website URL

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Negotiating Temping Skills Salary 52

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

Assess the barriers: are they your employer’s (limited jobs or budget) or your own (lack of credentials or experience)? Approach your manager about taking on increased responsibilities. Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests. Feeling underutilized? What to do?

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Mentoring Administrative Professionals Negotiating Budget 100

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Develop Your Skills. You should always be looking for ways to expand your existing professional skills and develop new ones. Look for opportunities to practice different skills, implement new processes, take on new responsibilities or try out new technology. Give yourself an annual budget for professional development and use it.

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Networking Skills Negotiating Budget 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Selling your executive on supporting your professional development is a skill. Yes, I’ll get to go” or “My manager will say no.” You need to help them see that while you may be gone three or four days, you will gain skills and knowledge that will take you, and them, into the future. It’s also known as the art of persuasion.

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Training Budget Negotiating Skills 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Selling your executive on supporting your professional development is a skill. Yes, I’ll get to go” or “My manager will say no.” You need to help them see that while you may be gone three or four days, you will gain skills and knowledge that will take you, and them, into the future. It’s also known as the art of persuasion.

Training 100

Training Budget Negotiating Skills 100

Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In April 2017, American Airlines announced it was proactively increasing the pay for pilots and flight attendants, two years ahead of contract negotiations. Many look to formal training, investing large budgets and hundreds of people-hours into instructor-led classes. Naturally, skilled face-to-face communication is best.

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2017 Customer Service Training Skills 58

Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

While some contractors offer skills that are useful for one-time jobs, our favourite VAs—apart from becoming our friends—became a part of our team and were involved in several projects regularly. Task management: Trello, oDesk Work Diary, Wunderlist Pro. File exchange: Dropbox, WeTransfer. Review: Google Docs.

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Dropbox Filing Google Docs Google 40

Who's the Real Boss?

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

This platform, that was designed to connect skilled service providers with those who required skilled services, ended up revealing to me what would be the most savage and ruthless landscape of tens of thousands of ‘Joe Blows’ wanting to make a quick buck, regardless of whether they were skilled in the task requirement, or not.

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Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The background to this inevitably lies in the fiscal constraints, strained project budgets challenged by higher borrowing and construction costs reaching unprecedented highs. Skilled labour shortages are slowly improving but the total UK headcount is still 12 percent lower than four years ago.

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2025 Negotiating Budget Collaborate 52

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 30, 2012

If something seems way out of line, you can clear it with your boss if an assignment comes from someone else who is not directly managing you day to day. When is budget season, how are summers and winters different, etc. This will help in updating your resume, negotiating a raise, and how you want your career to unfold.

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Negotiating Resume Goals Mentoring 40

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 22, 2015

For the uninitiated, this may seem like a straightforward request until you start to ponder the type and style of venues you need to research, whether those venues will fit within the company’s budget, and… well, ‘what is our budget anyway?’ And that’s just for starters. Event Planning.

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Suppliers Budget Stress 2014 100