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The Future of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

Training budgets were ample; opportunity for advancement sparkled like diamonds for the taking. Training budgets dissipated, opportunities dried up, and assistants had larger workloads without staffing backups. And it is changing again as executives recognize that administrators aren’t just for typing emails or making travel plans.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

This really translates to the following questions… Will you be humble enough to take direction and do minor tasks like get coffee, scheduling, and travel? Just being in their presence means being informally mentored by osmosis. A scary moment to share is one time I had 48 hours to pull off a major recruiting event in another country.