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How to Stay Motivated While Job Hunting During the Holidays This Year

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If you’re feeling stressed about your own job security or unmotivated as you search for a job during the holidays in today’s highly competitive job market, this probably isn’t what you want to hear. It’s vital that you continue your job search during the holidays. How might your words be interpreted via email?

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Want to Participate in Giving Tuesday? This Guide Explains Everything About Donations, Deductions and Volunteering

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As the holidays approach, we set up decorations, plan for holiday gatherings and buy gifts. How to participate in Giving Tuesday: Start local A good first step is to comb your social networks. Even just a quick email to our volunteer coordinator can help you determine if it’s a good fit.”

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8 Tips for Getting Back in the Work Groove

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We all know how hard it is to mentally get back in our work mode after a holiday—especially a long holiday like Christmas season. Most likely the first thing you want to do is go through all the emails you did not look at and determine which ones must immediately be dealt with. Focus on your “A” priorities. Register Today!

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email.

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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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She says her employees’ VAs were essential over holiday break to “hit the ground running in 2023.” Typical tasks a VA can help with include: Communication, such as phone and email management Organizing Data entry Invoicing and payroll management Social media administration Research What might the return on investment be?

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20 great networking questions for assistants

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With The Office* Show coming up in a few weeks I’ve been thinking about my networking plan for the few days that I am there. It was quite a detailed post about my networking experiences so do check it out if you are going to any events this year. Did you manage to get a holiday this year? Where did you go?

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Will The Future Of Work Require Mandatory Time Off?

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Aruna Ravichandran: At Cisco, we instituted a company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day a few years ago, and mandated the use of PTO for certain days between the paid holidays. There’s something to be said about time off when everyone is off — no messages or emails come through, and it’s much easier to come back to work!

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