January, 2021

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Connecting the Dots Between Service and Hospitality

ProAssisting Blog

Connecting the Dots Between Service and Hospitality. While this post will use the creation of our business and our experience as the example, the video and understanding of the difference between service and hospitality can be beneficial to anyone looking to raise the bar of their own business, team or personal performance. Before we launched our remote executive assistant company, we had many discussions and asked many questions about how to leverage our unique experience to make us a different

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What is Good Information Hygiene?

Small Business Labs

Edelman released their 2021 Trust Barometer , which is an annual global study on the level of trust citizens have in institutions. The Trust Barometer focuses on trust in governments, corporations, NGOs and the media and Edelman has conducted this study for two decades. Not surprisingly, the past year was not a good one for institutional trust.  Key quote from Edelman: After a year of unprecedented disaster and turbulence – the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the global outcry over

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Tips for Saying “No!” the Nice Way

Stephanie LH Calahan

How easy is it for you to say “no” to requests that you do not want to do? For many, it isn't easy! In today's fast-paced, activity-rich society, we are all juggling a lot of responsibilities. You believe that you are handling all of the items well, and nothing is falling yet. Then it happens: someone asks you to take on one more thing. You feel a little panic or resentment brewing in the back of your mind, but habit forces those feelings down, and you begin to say “yes”

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7 Ways to Improve Your Organization Skills for Administrative Assistants

Office Dynamics

Ways to Improve Your Organizational Skills as an Administrative Assistant It is incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to thrive in chaos. It feels disorganized, unscheduled, and without direction. If you’re unable to effectively organize your work and resources, you’ll likely find yourself twisting in the wind, unproductive, and unable to catch up.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Career transitions for Executive Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Career transitions for Executive Assistants Being an Assistant isn't for everyone. I mean, let's face it, the job has its challenges, and I think you have to love the role to succeed in it genuinely. If you think of the position as a stepping stone to something else or a job [.].

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What Job Hunters Need to Know Now

On The Job

As the job market opens up, the competition for jobs is going to be pretty tough. Those who are unemployed or underemployed are going to be vying for positions with millions of others. So how can you stand out to employers and beat the competition? It's not difficult -- but it will take some preparation and effort. Here are some ideas: 1. Clean up your social media.

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The World Economic Forum's 2021 Global Risk Report

Small Business Labs

The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risk Report identifies the top risks faced by businesses and society over the next decade.   This the 16th year WEF has issued a global risk report and the results come from an extensive risk survey of a wide range of risk related professionals. As the WEF chart below shows (click to enlarge), they group the risks by likelihood and impact.

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What’s Left After The Messy Beginning

Brilliantly Better

10 years ago, if you wanted to eliminate meat from your diet, you had very few options. You could obviously go with salads, nuts and crucifers, but if you wanted a more dense source of protein, you were out of luck. And I’m talking mostly about engineered protein-rich foods. Producers were just starting to understand. Read more. The post What’s Left After The Messy Beginning appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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5 Potential Business Expenses

Small Business CEO

If you’re going to start a business this year, you probably have come up with a plan already. Having a comprehensive plan in place is one of the most critical things you can do if you’re going to find success within your niche. However, while you might have thought about expenses such as employee salaries and what it will cost to rent a brick-and-mortar location, you might have forgotten about certain other potential expenditures.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Understanding your personality and communication preferences

Practically Perfect PA

Understanding your personality and communication preferences Understanding your Executive's personality, behaviours and communication preferences are crucial to building an effective relationship and partnership. But! Before we do that you also have to do the work to understand your personality, behaviours and communication preferences! Being self-aware, understanding your personality and communication [.].

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An Interview with Nadine King, Founder of Black Admin Magic

Admin Awards

Nadine King is the Founder of Black Admin Magic and Author of The Ninja: Chronicles of an Assistant , Pastor, and a Coach. She is also a 20+ year Administrative veteran with experience supporting C-suite executives, vice presidents, executive directors, local church leaders, small business owners, and entrepreneurs as an executive assistant and virtual assistant.

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3 Trends That Could Define Your Career in 2021

On The Job

When you're making career plans for 2021, it's a smart idea to imagine where you think future economic growth will be, the industries that will still continue to suffer from the pandemic and whether this might be the right time to start your own business. McKinsey recently published their list of 2021 trends based on their research, and here's some of the things you also might want to consider: 1.

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The Growing Role Small Businesses and Independent Workers Play in Corporate Ecosystems

Small Business Labs

McKinsey's Ecosystem 2.0: Climbing to the next level summarizes ecosystem 2.0 as: In the emerging world of Ecosystem 2.0, data are the holy grail, the breakdown of sector borders is a given, and successful players try to lock in control points to expand horizontally and vertically across the grid. The article chart below, which shows the 7 largest companies in the world by market capitalization, really jumped out at us.  The reason is small businesses and independent workers are import

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint One

Brilliantly Better

Today is the 31st day of my 365 days writing challenge. Since the beginning of the year I published a blog post each day, which means, so far, that the challenge is going as planned. I thought it would be useful to have some sort of a checkpoint every month (or less frequent, if there. Read more. The post 365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint One appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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5 of The Best Credit Cards Designed for Small Business Owners

Small Business CEO

Running a small business, even if that business is just you acting as a freelancer, isn’t easy, especially when you’re just starting out. It takes capital for initial expenditures like office space, utilities, equipment, advertising, and office supplies. Of course there are a number of business items you can get for free, like business cards, websites, and even free business phone numbers and services.

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A Talk with HR | Guests SHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr. & COS Emily M. Dickens | Ep 37

Bonnie Low Kramen

[link]. This ground-breaking podcast episode was recorded live, uncut, and streamed all over the world. In a workplace changed forever by the pandemic, Bonnie Low-Kramen and Vickie Sokol Evans wanted to know what HR really thinks about the Executive Assistant role and their value in the modern workplace. To address it, their expert guests are Johnny C.

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6 Sample Email Templates Recruiters Can Use To Keep Candidates Warm

Recruit CRM

Good email templates help you in providing all the information candidates need to be successful and comfortable during the process and it's vital for a recruiter to be aware of them. However, it’s easy to fall into the trap of copy-paste-send when using a template system especially in terms of tone, content & presentation. This makes your communication less noticeable as it's poorly personalized, harming the cordial relationship you might have built with your candidates early on in the recru

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Why It's a Great Time to Explore New Career Paths

On The Job

The pandemic has forced many people to take a hard look at their careers. Some like what they see -- they realize how much they love their jobs and feel fortunate to be doing it for a company that appreciates them. Others have discovered that they're really not happy with their career choices, or that their employer isn't a good fit. But what can someone in such a position do about it now?

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CNBC's Ultimate Side Hustle Guide for 2021

Small Business Labs

The number of people who have side hustles (also called side gigs) has been growing rapidly over the past 5 years.   The reasons for this growth - and how to start and run a side gig - are nicely explained in CNBC's extensive field guide The Ultimate Side Hustle Guide. Key quote on why more people are starting side gigs: "Starting a side business is one of the smartest financial moves you can make right now.

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The Virus That Killed The Modern State

Brilliantly Better

As time goes by, we are forced to accept the reality of a new normal. The global pandemic created by Covid-19 took with it not only millions of lives, but also deeply ingrained social structures. Among them, the modern state. As much as we still resist the obvious now, we will eventually come to terms. Read more. The post The Virus That Killed The Modern State appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Essay Writing Tricks That Will Make Writing Assignments a Breeze!

Small Business CEO

Every student groans when assigned to write an essay. Essays are tedious to write because you have to do so much work. In today’s day and age, there is so much to do and so many distractions that there are a ton of things that you’d rather do than completing boring schoolwork. But essay writing is an important skill to have. It pays off when you put in college applications, are pursuing higher studies, or even working in a large company. photo credit: Pixabay.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Shining a Light on Introverts: 4 Things You May Not Know

Bonnie Low Kramen

By Bonnie Low-Kramen | January 13, 2021. Definition. Introvert: A reserved or shy person who enjoys spending time alone. In your day-to-day work life, you will likely encounter two types of people: the extroverted and the introverted. It can be easy to assume you know all there is to know about extroverts and introverts. Extroverts are more outgoing and louder than introverts, and so on.

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Confessions of an Admin Junkie

I don’t know about you, but turning on the Conversations feature in Outlook can get me in trouble, if not just really embarrassed. After I updated a meeting invite today with last week’s agenda and materials (aack!), I knew I had to disable that Conversations feature. I was glad when Conversations came about. It let […].

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Sample Rejection Emails Recruiters Can Send To Candidates

Recruit CRM

Think about it this way. You are the candidate. Yes, we’re talking about recruiters. So, for a day, consider yourself to be a candidate. You have applied for a job and after 15 days you receive an automated email that mentions you’re not selected for the role. According to you, how helpful was that? (Also, does it do anything in terms of candidate experience ?

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Wunderman Thompson's 2021 Future 100 Trends Report

Small Business Labs

The 2021 edition of the annual Wunderman Thompson Future 100 report was released last year.  It's one of our favorite trend reports.  Here's how Wunderman Thompson, a global advertising and marketing agency, describes the report: The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2021   highlights  emerging consumer  behaviors  with 100 trend predictions from Wunderman Thompson Intelligence.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha