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How a Lack of Manners Hurts Your Career

On The Job

Gobbling away on the chips is not only distracting with your bag-rustling and your crunching but is seen as a breach of office etiquette. says Vicky Oliver , author of 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions. Look for mentors. "If All because of those pork rinds.

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10 Must Follow Admin Resources On Twitter

Office Dynamics

Take the world’s best courses, online, for free. – Take college level courses for nothing? PatriciaRossi Etiquette Expert, Author EVERYDAY ETIQUETTE, Professional Speaker,NBC Daytime’s National Manners Correspondent,Kindness not Formality,Relationships not Rules. Love coffee, NHL, NFL, DC & Boston.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

You may think this would be a biased conversation about our curriculum-based designation courses but it was far from that! It’s not so much about receiving a ‘certification’ as it is about what will be covered in a class or online course. Skillsoft has been around for years and they have a plethora of courses and workshops.

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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

They had great expertise in protocol, etiquette, and how to dress, speak and act as executive assistants. Encourage cross-mentoring. By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. Share what you know!”.

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State of the Administrative Profession

Office Dynamics

They had great expertise in protocol, etiquette, and how to dress, speak and act as executive assistants. Encourage cross-mentoring. By Nancy Fraze, Reporter in the Field. Joan first focused on the five components of Adminology’s Formula for success: past/present, skill set, optimization and the future. Share what you know!”.

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Lessons in Revolutionary Thinking

Office Dynamics

Daren Martin’s presentation on showing up like an owner – and not “just an admin” – provided many great examples of how we can choose to show up, from dress and grooming to meeting etiquette to original professional contributions. Now that feels like a mission I can accomplish! FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If a more experienced assistant comes alongside you and provides mentoring - dont refuse it. Of course if you know in the probationary period that this is just not the right fit for you, better to get out rather than being in a job you hate. She advised that I should stay at least one year in any job I was in.