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So do assistants think the role has diversified?

Practically Perfect PA

Event Management, Project Management, Human Resources and Finance have become a big part of my job. I find myself being a ‘Jack of all trades’, and constantly learn, which is rather exciting.” I find that now I am involved in finance, creating presentations, gathering information, assisting with Human Resources.

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5 Reasons Being Self Employed Sucks

Productivity Bits

This is especially true when it comes to finances, as many of the benefits that we take for granted were collectively bargained for through years of protest and negotiation. The most difficult part of dealing with an unsteady income is learning how to manage your money. In fact, it might even suck. Retirement Benefits.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

Success

I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education. Get familiar with your finances. Break free of debt.

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Flexibility is Key to Running a (Nearly) Stress-Less Virtual Assisting Business

Step It Up VA Coaching

Sometimes, we have such a laser focus on what we want, that we are thrown by the inevitable issues that come up with clients, finances, technology, or our own occasional missteps. But we can work through these issues with less stress by learning to be flexible. Be willing to keep learning and exploring new avenues of revenue.

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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

The Small Business Blog

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Frank Said on March 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm Another tip is to align your advertising activity with your public relations activity and if you can, negotiate a review of your product or editorial alongside your advertise campaign.

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

People say they love teaching yoga so they want to open their own yoga studio, but when you do that it really means you’ve become an entrepreneur/business owner and you now have to manage all the marketing, operations, finances, HR, and legal aspects of your business either alone or be in charge of those who do instead of teaching yoga.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

In this economy, every price is negotiable. The only issue that comes up is that just like with traditional hardware and software… there is always a learning curve and employee’s often run into tech problems that they either try to solve themselves… or ask their neighbor to help out with. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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