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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

Productivity Bits

This form of working from home and using computers and the Internet has been coined telecommuting. Telecommuting Trends. The fastest growing telecommuting roles at the moment are in the fields of freelance data entry, accountancy, business consulting and customer services.

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Using the Quarantine to Improve Your Executive Assistant Skills

C-Suite Assistants

With more employees working from home, and less facetime with your executives, improving your executive assistant skills presents more challenges than ever. As much as half of America’s population moved to a telecommuting role during the pandemic. Honing Your Executive Assistant Skills In a Changing Business Environment.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Could telecommuting be a career mistake? But he says people he had never met face-to-face in the company went to top brass and fought for him. He kept his job.

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Work flexibility: Unconventional arrangements are here to stay

BMT Office Administration

As time passed, however, Molly started noticing the positives of telecommuting. When Molly’s company started bringing workers back on-site, she felt conflicted. Many companies turn to their webpages and social media accounts to promote their flexible arrangements. Understanding flexible work options. Flexible schedule.

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5 Things You Should Know About a Company Before You Accept Their Offer

Productivity Bits

What do employees think of the company? Knowing what kind of company culture to expect is important, and it will require a little bit of work on your part to find out about that culture, unless you already know people who work there. Start by asking the person hiring you about the company culture.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills. This includes ways to develop important social skills, whether you use them online or in person. They’re the result of skills that can be learned.

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How to Work from Home as an Administrative Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

You may have been employed at a company that has not yet fully reopened, or you may be assisting your children with remote learning. A work from home administrative assistant handles highly varied tasks that every company needs to be successful. What Skills are Needed to do Admin Work from Home?