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Communication Skills That Have Impact…Choose The Right Medium

Office Dynamics

For example, a co-worker’s bereavement; a vendor’s terminal illness; someone’s adoption or job promotion; a billing inquiry; a credit request on your account; inquiring for information on a job posting; and so much more. How are your communication skills? When a handwritten is note most appropriate? Is this bad news for the recipient?

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

A certification can certainly help you get promoted to an executive assistant position or be considered for an executive assistant position. It’s really about looking at the skills you need to succeed in your current job; be ready for new opportunities; and plan for your future. It also promotes yourself for your next position. (BM).

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you can prove yourself as a good worker you can go up through the ranks and because they already know how you work, they are more apt to promote you. Although I was fearful to make the move and doubted my abilities, the transition has been relatively easy to make and more suited to what I am skilled to do. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Interview with Rob Siefker of Zappos – Part 4 of 4

Service Untitled

They know how they’re doing with their service level goals, their attendance, what other types of skill set goals they have. But in terms of pursuing skill sets, some employees don’t want to pursue skill sets after a while. They’re still mentors. You know people learn new skill sets so they change shifts.

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Feelings mixed about recent college hires

On The Job

Jeanne Achille also was disappointed with the hiring of a recent college hire, promoted by a university professor as a “superstar” and fired after three weeks when it was discovered she spent hours online at work visiting a dating site. Employers have always complained about a lack of hard and soft skills. They’re sick of being blamed.

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