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Solution for Major Travel Planning Pain Points

Office Dynamics

Travel planning is infamous for being a huge time, patience, and sanity suck for administrative professionals. What seems like a simple there-and-back trip to a traveler is a whirlwind of coordination and research for the admin. We surveyed over 600 admins on their travel planning practices. Creating an Itinerary (34%).

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Administrative Assistant vs. Executive Assistant: What’s the Difference?

Eat Your Career

Within some organizations, you will find a role referred to as Administrative Manager or similar. They are typically responsible for providing more personal support, including running errands, organizing the household, managing family events and travel, and more. Get the Downloadable FREE Guide.

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Six reasons every assistant should be using a corporate taxi service

Practically Perfect PA

A few years ago I was travelling with my boss to a number of appointments around London. I downloaded the GetTaxi app a few years ago and it has been on my iPhone ever since. This is great for budgeting purposes and makes it really easy for each department to keep a track of their own spending on travel. DOWNLOAD THE APP.

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7 Goals to Invigorate Your Career in the New Year

All Things Admin

You can get started on this process by downloading this free resource: From Reactive to Proactive: Creating Your Strategic Administrative Career Plan. Make sure you find one with a proven track record and some references to back them up, and that you know what you’ll get out of the engagement. These are some of my favorites!

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How can assistants stay on top of the scene?

Practically Perfect PA

I still refer to it constantly in Barcelona. I really like the Afar website and email updates for overall travel news and ideas for any trips colleagues or clients may want my advise on. The same goes for CN Traveller which is good for general travel updates but also luxury hotel reviews. What is your answer going to be?

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. References. This list should include the name, email address, and phone number for each reference. You don’t want to leave your references’ recommendations to chance!

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

Professional Assistant Blog

One is the easier way, where you download a file; the other is the longer way. The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. To back up your e-mails in Outlook, simply download Microsofts Outlook Add-In file here.