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Renovating Your Home? Think Like a Project Manager to Stay in Budget

Success

Whether you’re hiring contractors to renovate your home or just doing some weekend DIY projects, learning how to think like a project manager and get the best out of your team is a skill you can improve to help ensure your project goes as smoothly as possible. What is a project manager?

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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

ProAssisting Blog

Evolving into an indispensable ally to your executive requires a blend of skills, dedication, and a proactive approach. Familiarize yourself with categories of each vertical of software (some examples would be: project management, CRM, LMS, CMS, social media scheduling, image editing/creation, etc.)

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Practical Project Management

Practically Perfect PA

After speaking at the Assist Conference Heather Dallas from Dallas Development has written a great follow up blog on her popular Project Management for Assistants session… Taking on a project is a great way of raising your visibility and getting you the recognition you deserve. Is it quality, time or cost?

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What Every Business Needs to Know About Managed Development Services

Allwork

Working with managed development service providers gives you the ability to scale up or down based on your needs, helping reduce costs while alleviating the time crunch involved with delivering high-quality, innovative, customized apps. One of the most common phrases in project management is “good, fast and cheap – pick two.”

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion. Good management starts with empathy. The gig economy is gaining steam.

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Five personality traits to benefit any project manager

The Small Business Blog

Leaving aside the variables, the difference may well be the personality traits of the project managers in charge. Here are five personal attributes that might make one project manager and team more successful than the other. Great communication skills. This is when good project managers show their mettle.

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Third of businesses say they are more likely to hire contractors this year

Workplace Insight

Lucy Bisset, Director of Robert Walters UK comments: “In the wake of tighter budgets, headcounts being streamlined and other cost-cutting incentives – we’re seeing employers increasingly turning to skills-based temporary hiring.”