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No Opportunities for Career Advancement? Do These 5 Things

All Things Admin

If you’re not happy with your options, it may be helpful to talk to a trusted advisor or mentor, or engage with a career coach to help you prepare for your next step. Are things like a flexible schedule, ability to telecommute, additional days off, other company perks, or an off-cycle promotion an option? Train and mentor others.

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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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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

Those who help the company become more innovative or strategic will make themselves key players – and those are the people a company is more likely to retain and promote. Find a mentor. Ask someone you respect and feel you really connect with for feedback on what you’re doing with your career or in your job. Get more training.

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It says a lot when your boss wants to grow you within the company and promote you. You know deep down what he is asking of you is par for the course and totally reasonable, but your reaction isn’t congruent to the situation. I mentored other younger assistants. So, many kudos to you for getting to where you are now!

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. 6) Be strategic about your career plan and job hunt. Know your goal and work backwards and figure out a vague flexible timeline of goals and promotions needed.