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These Are Nicole Lapin’s 6 Money Tips for Living Your Richest Life

Success

If you waste several minutes fussing with the coffeemaker each morning, then it might be cost-effective to buy your brew. Negotiate your bills and purchases, and find extra money by making your social network work for you. Lapin likes to negotiate and once bought a floor-model couch for about 70 percent off. Behold the new LBD.

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Emerging Technologies for Administrative Professionals

All Things Admin

Gone are the days when filing, phone skills, and semi-legible shorthand were key requirements for an admin job. Collectively, these skills allow a company to reach more customers and serve them more effectively while cutting costs and setting themselves apart from the competition. Let’s look at each component individually.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders.

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

The benefits aren’t as good It differs from company to company, but basic employee benefits can cover everything from childcare leave to medical costs. More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you. If you are, you’ll please neither.

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork. Low-cost training courses are available online.

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Uh-Oh: You May Not Be Worth What You Thought

On The Job

Negotiate for other compensation/benefits. If an employer isn't offering you the salary you desire, ask for training opportunities -- either in another department, or to attend an industry event where you'll not only learn something, but make valuable professional contacts. del.icio.us.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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.