Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Discuss your skill set, experience and abilities in a confident manner. Here are 4 of the most difficult interview questions that companies will ask and ways to tackle them: Where do you see yourself in X number of years? Talk about what you feel is important to you in a professional manner and describe how you will meet these goals.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

In relation to teaching organizational skills as well as skills in word processing and accounting, Bryant & Stratton College recently announced the launch of its new online Associate of Administrative Assistant ([link] degree program. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Over time, you will get the hang of dealing with difficult people and will become easier and easier each time. Eventually, you will get just a little annoyed and brush it off. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills. Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. One of our main duties is to keep our bosses organized.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Skilled writing the key. This will help readers put a face to the writer. Post regularly. Keeping your readers up-to-date and information about current information on your company or topic will make them ask for more. Dont allow for spelling and grammar errors. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

This person sounds like a typical self-indulgent hipocrit who is climbing the ladder because of her people skills (kissing up) and not actual work related skills. After that the accused is going to get defensive no matter how nice you are. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Although I did have the skills and experience, I wasnt sure employers would view the move as a social disconnect. I feel as if I have created a historic moment within the company, by (most likely) becoming its first male administrative assistant. At first, I was a little worried about becoming an administrative assistant.

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On The Job

JANUARY 4, 2010

Improve skills. Most people have figured out that to survive in today’s business climate they must make themselves more valuable by learning new skills. Find a seminar at a nearby college or through a professional group, and attend. The point is to find one event that is an investment in yourself professionally.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Who said it was smart to give a one-hour free seminar, speech or workshop almost every single day? Not businesses who sell services. I see one of two things, a blogger, who is paid to write content that promotes the services or products of another individual or business (ie. Everyone wants to be seen as generous and selfless.

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