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Want to hire great people and keep them from quitting? 4 strategies that work

Ideas.Ted

These types of requirements are standard in job postings, but researchers found that for many jobs, employees will still need to learn 10 additional skills within the next 18 months. In other words, even if your new hire meets all the job requirements today, that means 10 new skills will be needed as they settle into their new role.

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What It Means to Be a Career Executive Assistant

Worxbee

but the reality is an EA isn’t a stereotypical secretary-type role, it’s the role of a skilled and committed professional. A career executive assistant has skills that are more advanced than your average assistant. In fact, with that in mind, part of our service here at Worxbee is to learn about your business and how you operate.

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Learn How to Manage Your Boss

Ian's Messy Desk

For example, participate in meetings, volunteer to sit on important committees and welcome delegated tasks as a way to increase your skills. The workplace requires you keep up-to-date about developments in your field and improve your work skills through ongoing learning. Be professional. Flexibility is a worker’s key asset.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Yes, Outlook Training and Training in Supporting a University Committee. Yes, I have taken job-specific software classes, classes to learn organizational and people skills, and took computer certification classes which I was not aware I needed coming right out of high school. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job.

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Ep 241: Elena Navarro on Corporate Culture, Toxic Workplaces, and Maintaining Confidentiality

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. I know that there were people I put together committees as well. Obviously, she wasn’t happy about it.

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