Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 18, 2016

Ask your client or stakeholder, the person who asked you to take on the project, what are the primary parameters for the project, what are the secondary and what is most negotiable. Is it quality, time or cost? If you are introducing a training course for colleagues on a shoestring budget, then cost will be the driver.

Project Management 100

Project Management Management Budget 2017 100

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 8, 2014

It can be pretty soul destroying contacting loads of hotels and venues only to find out on the site visit that they don’t have availability for the day you need, that don’t have the space or they cost over your budget. Not a confident negotiator? A venue finding agency will cost you nothing! Let them do it for you.

Agencies 100

Agencies Negotiating Equipment Training 100

Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 12, 2011

20 years ago, if you wanted to go from point A to point B, you had to rely much more on action, than on information. Get on a bus and negotiate your arrival later. Information, on the other side, was very expensive. Most of the time, information was confined within thick walls, like libraries or laboratories.

Expenses 40

Expenses Negotiating 2011 Twitter 40

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 30, 2015

Matching musical style to the type of event is key and should inform your search for the right act. This would necessitate the negotiation of timings and setting up for both performers. Additionally, this would lead to more negotiating with your venue to allow for the setting up of various sound systems.

Negotiating 100

Negotiating Equipment Agencies Management 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. Interpersonal & Communications skills Communication is essential to being successful with office manager responsibilities. What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Management 52

Management Payroll Fax Suppliers 52

Workplace Insight

MARCH 26, 2023

After four decades of speculative development, where the overriding concern was to minimise development costs, this was a genuinely fresh approach. The report itself made very clear: “The purpose of this comparison … is to remedy the damaging lack of information about building performance. Information technology is seeing to that.

Forms 98

Forms Social Media Environment Networking 98

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. Remember, people pay for information and knowledge. Specialized information. Consider consulting! It is a natural fit for virtual assistants. Troubleshooting.

Basecamp 100

Basecamp Social Media Negotiating Equipment 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. What will be your costs each month to run your business (don’t add paying yourself). You might not know this until you start working.

Expenses 52

Expenses Social Media Budget Goals 52

Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

This skill has expedited the growth of my audience from under a hundred to over two thousand email subscribers in eight months. Start With Low Cost Learning. This is why I recommend starting with low cost learning options. Here are three suggestions that provide low cost learning: Books. But where can you start?

Microsoft Excel 40

Microsoft Excel Negotiating Learning Skills 40

Energage

APRIL 12, 2016

As one put it, “Pursue cultural DNA alignment at all costs.” Identify the values that are the most important to your organization and ensure they are non-negotiable hiring requirements. . We want to learn continually to improve our skills and improve business. Share information and listen. Coach to people’s strengths.

2016 75

2016 Negotiating Training Gifts 75

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Pay attention or it could cost your company money. It was going to cost our company $5,000 plus in cancellation fees. I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. It is always worth asking.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Negotiating International 100

Job Advice Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection While in Transition, Are You Keeping Pace with Technology? The first area is the technology in your particular profession. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

Social Media 100

Social Media Resume 2009 2010 100

Bonnie Low Kramen

JANUARY 11, 2023

Quickly, Low-Kramen realized that prioritizing was a vital movie-set skill. ” From her starting $18,000 salary, Low-Kramen would negotiate each year with Dukakis directly, since there’s no human-resources department for such roles. . ” A three-day in-person event with Low-Kramen costs $2,800 a person.

Salary 52

Salary Training AT&T Temping 52

Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In April 2017, American Airlines announced it was proactively increasing the pay for pilots and flight attendants, two years ahead of contract negotiations. And in our information-saturated world, it’s difficult to cut through the noise. Improved employee retention, along with the associated costs of rehiring and retraining.

2017 58

2017 Customer Service Training Skills 58

Small Business CEO

MAY 6, 2013

While a prospective market may offer attractive rates, tariffs and low labor costs, consider how easy it will actually be to get your goods to and from destinations. For example, you may need staff that speaks a certain language or possesses certain skill sets. Understand your market’s infrastructure, and put a strategy in place.

Negotiating 40

Negotiating Suppliers Networking International 40

Small Business CEO

MAY 5, 2010

If information is missing or unreadable, the referring physician is called. Patient and order information are then entered into the lab system. Supplement with consultants for functions that don’t need a full time resource, or where flexibility or skill level is key. A lab order is faxed in.

Fax 40

Fax Payroll PDF Negotiating 40

Productivityist

DECEMBER 15, 2013

While some contractors offer skills that are useful for one-time jobs, our favourite VAs—apart from becoming our friends—became a part of our team and were involved in several projects regularly. I made the mistake of not giving enough keywords into the oDesk filter system for required skill sets.

Dropbox 40

Dropbox Filing Google Docs Google 40

The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business.

2007 100

2007 2008 2009 2006 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. You mentioned you really want to progress and develop your skills, but managing the office is hindering your ability to focus. So I think you are on a good path.

Agencies 40

Agencies Temping Skills Management 40

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

Very informative and I spent hours reading your former posts. For any new readers, I will answer your entire email line by line and explain general information which may or may not apply to you, and give you some things to ponder. I also thought about money, salary negotiation, and how I was spending my time. Many thanks!

Job Hunting 40

Job Hunting Salary Temping Learning 40

Brilliantly Better

APRIL 29, 2010

The CPU is just processing information, and that is only one cognitive function among many others the brain has, like attention, flexibility and so on). Some of the planes are carrying sensations, some of them are carrying information and some of them are carrying thoughts or memories. It’s not the CPU, as some of you may think.

Training 40

Training 2010 Social Media AT&T 40

Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

The more money it costs the more stable you look. What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Siddhartha´s last blog. Do You Have a Phone?

2010 40

2010 AT&T Expenses Social Media 40

BioTeams

JULY 31, 2005

Helping them acquire new practices and skills for working together. A pest is somebody who intends to achieve their goals at the expense of the rest of the team – no matter what the cost. Typical pest behaviour is using information gained through the team to ones own personal gain even if it damages the team.

Ergonomics 52

Ergonomics Networking Environment AT&T 52

Brilliantly Better

DECEMBER 24, 2010

I thought I lost the skills to hire people, but apparently I didn’t. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. That proves once again that the Internet is a medium which favors lists as the most efficient way of spreading information.

2010 40

2010 AT&T Promotion Interviewing 40