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.

Skills 40

Skills Administrative Professionals Social Media Microsoft Word 40

Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 18, 2016

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. Keep up to date. Is it quality, time or cost?

Project Management 100

Project Management Management Budget 2017 100

Page Personnel

AUGUST 26, 2022

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. They oversee many aspects of daily operations, including hiring new staff and ensuring all necessary duties are completed on time and within the office budget.

Management 52

Management Payroll Fax Suppliers 52

Success

MARCH 23, 2022

But I’m excited to stretch out into something new and for conceiving, planning and executing the first product: an adventure I dreamed up called 50-50-50 in which Honey Pot, eight others and I hiked 50 miles, biked 50 miles and canoed 50 miles, all in one five-day weekend. I wake up at 2:30 a.m. That’s certainly an overstatement.

Social Media 290

Social Media Forms Negotiating Learning 290

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. Contractors are able to choose when they work, if they want to take breaks in between jobs, or if they want to fill up a year or more and then take a break.

Negotiating 52

Negotiating Temping Skills Salary 52

Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Not only did I set the meetings up, but I also took notes (in shorthand no less), transcribed the notes and prepared final reports for dissemination. I believe meeting planners and administrative professionals possess similar skills/traits that enable them to be good at what they do. Did I think of this as meeting planning?

Suppliers 226

Suppliers Meeting Planning Administrative Professionals Attire 226

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 8, 2017

A professional venue finder can be a real godsend when you’re up against high corporate expectations. You need to juggle the demands for location, capacity, budget, amenities and environmental factors to get the right result for your event. In fact, you’ll be wondering how you ever managed without a venue finder. A low stress solution.

Budget 159

Budget Negotiating Agencies Stress 159

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.

Suppliers 100

Suppliers Budget Stress 2014 100

Karen Vivarelli

JULY 27, 2020

Your Time And Skills Are Valuable Right? When you first start out as a VA it can be very difficult to choose a rate, because you feel like you don’t have the skills and experience to charge much. Remember – we are talking about coming up with an ideal hourly rate for you. How much can I charge as a VA and how do I set my rates?

Expenses 52

Expenses Social Media Budget Goals 52

Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2016

If you’ve hiked to a plateau, you know it can be a great place to rest and soak up the surrounding scenery. Assess the barriers: are they your employer’s (limited jobs or budget) or your own (lack of credentials or experience)? Ask questions to assess degrees of urgency, and practice negotiating timelines or redirecting requests.

Mentoring 100

Mentoring Administrative Professionals Negotiating Budget 100

Step It Up VA Coaching

AUGUST 11, 2011

Consulting is simply selling your knowledge and information about your area of expertise, whether that’s a particular program or a specific skill you possess. You started your VA business from the ground up. You may be an excellent business writer – a skill that is sorely lacking these days. Troubleshooting.

Basecamp 100

Basecamp Social Media Negotiating Equipment 100

Office Dynamics

APRIL 27, 2016

What is your budget? Usually a venue takes about 40% of your overall budget, if not more. This limits your negotiating power to compare pricing and use your own vendors. They will also be familiar with the space which can be helpful when it comes to setting up. What In House Assets does the venue have?

Agencies 100

Agencies Budget Suppliers Negotiating 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. New technology shows up every day. Look for opportunities to practice different skills, implement new processes, take on new responsibilities or try out new technology. Hone Your Leadership Skills.

Networking 100

Networking Skills Negotiating Budget 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Selling your executive on supporting your professional development is a skill. In today’s competitive marketplace and at the pace this profession is changing, if you do not continually enhance your skills, build new ones, and have a strategy for your career, you will get left in the dust. Don’t give up. Negotiate if necessary.

Training 100

Training Budget Negotiating Skills 100

Office Dynamics

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Selling your executive on supporting your professional development is a skill. In today’s competitive marketplace and at the pace this profession is changing, if you do not continually enhance your skills, build new ones, and have a strategy for your career, you will get left in the dust. Don’t give up. Negotiate if necessary.

Training 100

Training Budget Negotiating Skills 100

Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Despite agreement on the business impact, executive teams continue to struggle with building up these critical areas of the organization. In April 2017, American Airlines announced it was proactively increasing the pay for pilots and flight attendants, two years ahead of contract negotiations. The reaction from Wall Street was brutal.

2017 58

2017 Customer Service Training Skills 58

Success

JULY 25, 2022

That is, I had a resource and was able to use it to lift myself up as well as lift up another woman in my community. Growing up as a millennial, I and many others were taught that gender equality was settled with the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

Credit Card 279

Credit Card Retirement Finance Negotiating 279

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.

Resume 52

Resume Cover Letter AT&T Interviewing 52

Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

I don''t do a lot of outsourcing, but offering up guests spots here at Productivityst has started me down that path. You can also link up with her on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter. We ended up hiring him for several jobs and staying in constant contact over the course of several weeks.

Dropbox 40

Dropbox Filing Google Docs Google 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 30, 2012

You’ll get a sense within the first few weeks and failing that, you can always send one polite email for a lunch invitation and if they don’t respond, don’t follow up. 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.

Negotiating 40

Negotiating Resume Goals Mentoring 40