February, 2021

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Is an Administrative Assistant Certification or Designation Worth It?

Office Dynamics

In the ever-evolving administrative profession, a topic of recent interest has been training, certification, and designations. Many top-notch organizations are looking to the future with an eye towards optimization and growth. They’re carefully considering what they will require of their administrative team and want to move them towards higher levels of training and education.

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The Long Term Shift in Business Applications to Solopreneurs

Small Business Labs

In the early 2000s, about 60% of all new business applications were from businesses planning on having employees.  The other 40% were from solopreneurs who did not plan to hire employees. But as the chart below shows (click to enlarge), by 2015, 57% of new applications were from solopreneurs (orange in the chart).  And in 2020, 66% of new business applications were from solopreneurs.

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Is your Executive a poor communicator?

Practically Perfect PA

Is your Executive a poor communicator? In a recent survey conducted in the UK, Hays recruitment found 43% of those surveyed said leaders needed to improve their communication skills. This skill improvement was much more necessary than other areas, such as strategy and planning (23%) and remote staff management (13%). [.].

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The 3 Essential Functions of Time Management

Eat Your Career

“What is time? If nobody asks me, I know; but if I were desirous to explain it to one that should ask, plainly I know not.” St. Augustine. When it comes to professional development, time management is one of my most passionate areas of study (and most enjoyable topics to teach ). In some aspects, it’s actually quite philosophical. After all, as St.

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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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Why You Need a Letter of Recommendation Now

On The Job

Since the pandemic began, many people have been laid off, or taken positions that "underemploy" them. In other words, they haven't been in their "real" job for some time. As the job market starts to improve this year, many people will want to return to their "real" jobs. The competition will be keen, of course, so that means those who are well-prepared, focused in their search efforts and finding ways to stand out will have a better chance of landing a new job sooner rather than later.

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Planning Your Day When You Don’t Know How Much Time You Need To Do the Work

Virtual Moxie

When you have a cubic ton of things to handle, how do you plan your day when you have no idea how much time you need to do the work? It’s the bane of existence for maaaaany people, not just virtual assistants. They ask, “How do I manage my time when I have no idea how much time I’m going to need to do the things I have to get done? I have no way of knowing!”.

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New Business Applications Continue to Surge

Small Business Labs

Over the past 6 months new business applications have surged.  As the U.S. Census chart below shows (click to enlarge), the surge is continuing with 492,000 applications filed in January. This us up 73% compared with last January.  Most of the applications are what the Census calls "applications other than high propensity" (grey in the chart).  These are applications from businesses that are unlikely to have employees, such as freelancers, independent contractors and ot

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Communicating your priorities better with the ‘rule of five’

Practically Perfect PA

Communicating your priorities better with the ‘rule of five’ One of my go-to tools for prioritising and managing my to-do list is Trello. I use the collaboration tool to manage all of my tasks and projects, and I love how easy it easy to collaborate on projects with the other members of the [.].

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Communicating with Confidence

Eat Your Career

Communication is a complicated, multi-faceted skillset required for professional success. Unfortunately, it’s a tough one to master. More important than what you say is how you say it. All too often, messages are muddied because of insecurity, self-doubt and nerves. People don’t hear the words because the delivery is so distracting. Confidence has the power to enhance your communication in dramatic and surprising ways.

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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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4 Ways to Make Sure Your Career Thrives While Working from Home

On The Job

Working for home has become the norm for many workers since the pandemic began, but would you like to continue to do so once it's safe to return to the office? For some employees, the question is moot since their companies will require them to return to the office. But other employers like Twitter say their employees may continue to work from home forever.

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Black History Month Interview Series: Kyala Johnson

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Black History Month Interview Series. Meet Kyala Johnson, Executive Assistant at Griffith Foods Inc. Kyala Johnson is the strategic business partner to four high-level executives and also supports their direct teams. Her executives range between Presidents and Sales and Marketing leaders, which has given her the opportunity to learn and know the business at different levels and perspectives.

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The world dosen’t have exit without a plan

Office Organization Success

Solve the secrecy of a wrong exhibition or save a girl in grief by comrade up with your befriend. Subscription Benefits Include Today’s Paper Find excitable-friendlily conversion of distinct from the Time’s rag in one quiet-to-peruse. But if you are situated in part office or house, you would emergency to logon to the computers apart and have something to tell helter-skelter the plucky to each other with – such as FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, etc.

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Book Review: Building the Business of You

Small Business Labs

Building the Business of You aims to help people "navigate the uncertain, post-pandemic world of work, while aligning personal purpose and professional advancement."  And it hits the target with practical, actionable advice on taking charge of and building a career in the new world of work. The central concept of the book is what the author calls the "career mashup"   This is a career where workers merge their skills, interests, passions, and experiences in a way that

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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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Convex Payment, The “S” Curve, And Pay Per Epoch

Brilliantly Better

Today I’m going to share 3 things: 2 concepts that I recently learned (or fixed them better in my cognitive field) and one that I created myself, but in close relationship to the first two. I’m sure you already astutely sensed that I’m going to talk about: convex payment the “S” curve pay per epoch. Read more. The post Convex Payment, The “S” Curve, And Pay Per Epoch appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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4 of The Biggest Potential Business Dangers

Small Business CEO

Businesses always want to stay open and profitable. Some may want to expand and add revenue sources, but the bottom line for the typical business entity is to remain open and functional, with products or services going out and money coming in. There are always going to be potential impediments to that happening, though. Any company, regardless of its business model, will have both internal and external threats that can derail its success.

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This is Why Meetings are Such a Hot Mess -- and What You Can Do About It

On The Job

It often seems that many meetings go off the rails right away. Someone shows up late. Another person won't stop texting. Still another participant stares into space and seems to be in another world entirely. Collaboration expert Dick Axelrod says in a recent interview that the trouble with meetings often occurs even before participants show up, because people "arrive at meetings prepared to be disengaged.

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Black History Month Interview Series: Jamika Watson

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Black History Month Interview Series. Meet Jamika Watson , Senior Executive Assistant to the COO & Founder, mPower at Mortgage Bankers Association. Jamika Watson started attending the ELS Forum in DC in 2018, and we were immediately drawn to her energy and passion for the role. We were so impressed by her contributions during the sessions, we invited her to participate on the Executive & EA Roundtable with her COO, Marcia Davies.

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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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Ep 104: Dayne Shuda on Written Communication, Working Remotely, and Fighting Burnout

Go Burrows

Dayne Shuda has worked with executive assistants for about 7-8 years and has had a full-time remote assistant since 2015. His assistant happens to be in Australia, but he’s in Wisconsin. Over the years, he’s learned a few things about organization, burnout, and working with a remote team. In this episode, Dayne shares tips on written communication, working with a remote assistant on the other side of the world, and how assistants can anticipate the needs of their executive.

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Side Giggers and Independent Workers in Super Bowl Ads

Small Business Labs

We haven't seen all the Super Bowl ads yet, but we know independent workers will be featured in two of them. Squarespace's ad (below) features Dolly Parton singing 5-9, a take off on her hit song and movie 9-5.  It shows a variety of side giggers pursuing their passions. Fiverr also has a Super Bowl ad, but we haven't seen it yet.  But no doubt it will feature creative independents.

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I’m Not A Cat

Brilliantly Better

This pandemic changed our world in ways we would have never imagined before. One of the things that changed dramatically is how we work. Before the pandemic, working remote was some sort of weird thing to do (when it wasn’t “sold” as being a perk, that is) whereas now, it’s pretty much the norm. But. Read more. The post I’m Not A Cat appeared first on Dragos Roua.

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Maximize the benefits of your PPC marketing

Small Business CEO

With a limited marketing budget, every dollar spent needs to deliver a return. Many marketers are using PPC (pay per click) as a way to track the results from their online ads, ensuring they can increase the effectiveness of their communications as well as their spending. Facebook is, without a doubt, the most popular platform for PPC advertising. While Twitter has the same capabilities, it is claimed that engagement up to 7 times higher on FB.

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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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3 Tips for Writing an Appreciation Letter

On The Job

When you're in a job search -- or land a new job -- one of the key ingredients for your career is to make sure you write letters of appreciation. These letters should be written to those who have given you recommendations -- either in writing or via phone calls to potential employers -- and to anyone else who has helped you along the way. (This may also include a mentor who has offers advice, a former co-worker who provides a contact or even a supportive colleague.

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Building Cultural Competence & Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace Part 1

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Building Cultural Competence & Navigating Unconscious Bias in the Workplace Part 1. This workshop provides an overview of the The Depth of Diversity – uncovering the many dimensions of diversity, understanding unconscious bias, building cultural competence and awareness of the biases and barriers that hold us back from cultural competence.

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5 Ways To Incorporate Video Into Your Instagram Recruiting Strategy

Recruit CRM

With a continually changing work environment, employers are placing more emphasis on creating a sustainable business culture. Hiring employees with the appropriate skills that fit into this environment is of the utmost importance. To meet their recruitment goals, an ever-growing number of recruiters are reaching out to social media. Social media recruitment has become the new norm and you have clearly seen how they're adapting to it seamlessly.

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It Had to Happen. A Gig Economy SPAC

Small Business Labs

A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition company.  A good description comes from CNBC's SPACs used to be a joke in Silicon Valley — now they’re going mainstream. Key quote: In a SPAC, a group of investors raise money for a shell company with no underlying business. The SPAC goes public, generally at $10 per share, and then starts hunting for a company to acquire.

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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