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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Find a mentor. I just started my own business, and I want to evaluate my income versus my expenses to see where I am currently, with the ultimate goal of hitting the salary I want to make. Ask questions of mentors and peers. Who knows, that may be the very thing that you need to break out into a brilliant new future.

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9 ways to make yourself more marketable

Page Personnel

Align your skillset with your company’s plans, as well as those of potential employers, and keep up-to-date by attending workshops and conferences to expand and improve your skillset. Make the effort to attend professional association meetings, events and conferences.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

Success

He is 25 years older, and he was my mentor early in my career. By then I was insistent that I wanted to run the business alone, and I rented a conference room for a meeting away from our office. I worked with my partner since the 1980s at both a big bank and a small business. I suggested a buyout plan that would be completed by then.

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The Skills You Need to be Great Boss

On The Job

Being a manager can be rewarding and could be key to your garnering a better salary and more opportunities. He also suggests it's a good idea to find a more senior manager to serve as a mentor or to lead a project at work. A recent OfficeTeam survey finds that 76% of workers say they are not interested in their manager's job.

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Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry

Practically Perfect PA

For all of you that could not attend the Assist Conference this year I wanted to share my presentation with you – Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry. We conducted a survey last year and one of the questions asked what session would the readers like to see at a conference.

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The Administrative EFX by Debbie Gross

Office Dynamics

Debbie was a speaker at the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence and shared more insight on the topic below. In those days I was an office manager with 3 people reporting to me and my salary was growing at less than 3% per year. We hope that you enjoy her guest post. Am I passionate about this profession? Absolutely!

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The Administrative EFX by Debbie Gross

Office Dynamics

Debbie was a speaker at the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence and shared more insight on the topic below. In those days I was an office manager with 3 people reporting to me and my salary was growing at less than 3% per year. We hope that you enjoy her guest post. Am I passionate about this profession? Absolutely!