Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2013

Following on from Monday’s blog here are another five interview question and answers specifically for assistants. In no why shape or form speak badly about one of your colleagues and how you couldn’t stand them (even if it is true!) Click here for Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators Part 1.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Smart phones provide a palm-size window to the world, enabling us to do almost anything at the touch of a button. We recently interviewed 300 people across Europe to understand how they used digital devices in day-to-day life. Technology is contributing to a denser form of life. Technology is supposed to make our lives easier.

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Success

OCTOBER 9, 2023

He visited Okinawa, Japan; Ikaria, Greece; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Loma Linda, California, interviewing people in the Blue Zones about their lives. We text, email and message instead of talking on the phone. We don’t see each other, hear each other, hug each other as often as we should.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We share war stories over happy hours, at backyard barbecues and sometimes via an international phone call if need be. She regularly avoided all forms of interaction with her team, holing herself in her office without talking to anyone except during meetings. By now most of us have encountered that boss.

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On The Job

MAY 7, 2009

Dont play with your phone. While you may know enough to mute your phone during an interview, you also cant even look at it. Use formal forms of address. If you carry coffee or a drink with you into an interview, its a distraction and can make you appear too casual. And dont put any buttons or stickers on it.

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BMT Office Administration

JULY 3, 2023

Besides the EEOC, the IRS also has requirements for employee documents, including which forms you need to have for each employee, such as W-4s. It also mandates that you must hold onto employee files for one year after their resignation or termination. Also, you’re legally obligated to retain these records for at least one year by the EEOC.

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Productivityist

APRIL 7, 2021

You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. With TextExpander you can make everything you write repetitively available everywhere you type: text documents, spreadsheets, web forms, and more. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Talking Points.

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On The Job

MAY 16, 2016

Sometimes when I interview someone on the phone, they'll end the conversation by saying "Where are you from? In a University of Chicago study , professors found that preconceptions about an accent are formed by children as young as age five. I detect an accent."

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Update phone extension list to ensure callers are directed to the appropriate person. Create a project checklist and ask all team members to use the form when asking for project assistance. Learning is always a win-win for an employee & manager and progress is easily tracked. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

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Ideas.Ted

AUGUST 12, 2021

I have witnessed people suffering and dying since I was a child,” the 18-year-old from Pakistan told me over the phone. These climate-fueled melts have formed more than 3,000 glacial lakes, which now regularly break their banks and rush through surrounding villages, taking everything — and everyone — in their path with them.

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Success

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. Unlike literal deserts, however, they don’t form naturally. In reality, “children a few miles away are starving” too, but there’s a reason Americans don’t use that phrase.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

They make it about them -- not the person on the other end of the phone. The person on the other end of the phone line is the important one in the conversation!    (Yes, I hope that when you are having sales conversations you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you.). They "over-stand."

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Productivityist

JUNE 8, 2021

With TextExpander you can make everything you write repetitively available everywhere you type: text documents, spreadsheets, web forms, and more. You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. Unlock your productivity with TextExpander.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 13, 2022

These recruitment marketing strategies encompass the use of different forms of social media, blogging, search engine optimisation (SEO), email marketing , and more, all of which integrate with recruiters' skills. This will give you an edge over your competition, as more people are using their phones to search these days.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 27, 2012

This is the second of a four part interview with Rob Siefker, the Director of the Customer Loyatly Team at Zappos. In this part of the interview, Rob discusses how Zappos motivates members of their customer loyalty team, what programs they have in place to recognize good service, and what service metrics the company tracks and how.

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All Things Admin

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Third Paragraph – Action : Suggest the course of action you’d like the reader to take, such as schedule a phone call or interview. Developing a professional portfolio will help you be remembered not only in an interview scenario but at annual performance reviews as well. Forms and Checklists. Professional Portfolio.

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Recruit CRM

AUGUST 26, 2021

It covers the different stages of a recruitment process— sourcing, screening, candidate assessment, interviewing, onboarding, etc. Top-quality passive candidates will require high exposure to your employer brand before deciding to show up for an interview. Did you know that 80% of any sales requires at least 5 follow-ups ?!

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. With TextExpander you can make everything you write repetitively available everywhere you type: text documents, spreadsheets, web forms, and more. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This is the fourth and final part of my interview with Rob Siefker, the Director of the Customer Loyatly Team at Zappos. You can read part one of the interview here , part two here , and part three here. They can listen to phone calls. To read this part, click “read more.” We used to do that. They do their review.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 11, 2011

In my career, it's not often that one is tested during a screening process or for a job interview. However, I have noticed a lot of private companies or companies that value exceptional talent and have a great interview process do test their applicants. It may become a stronger trend to narrow down qualified applicants.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 13, 2021

Further to clarify this point, recruiting happens after potential sourcing and then it incorporates several rounds of screening, interviewing and evaluating components of the recruitment process. Go for a video interview platform or sometimes a feature-rich Applicant Tracking System. Always make an attempt to show up on time.

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On The Job

JULY 29, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 29, 2010 Treating Job Candidates Badly: Why It May Come Back to Haunt Employers Everyone has a bad interview story. Eight days later I had a job with a prestigious employer.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Having VAs I can simply fax order forms to.   Here is an example of why: I was just checking my emails before going to bed (I'm on vacation in Georgia, just south of Russia, 12 hours ahead of pacific time) when I saw an interview request from foxbusiness.com journalist. .  I used to carry 12 paperbacks on ever trip.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 3, 2013

On December 8, Customer Loyalty Team member Shaea Labus spent 10 hours and 29 minutes on a phone call. Statistics reveal that automated answering systems have longer hold times; whereas automated answering systems average a wait time of two minutes per phone call, a human answering the phone averages only a minute wait time.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 18, 2009

Times are tough and I am sure many of you have been touched by it in some way, shape, or form. It looks like I have a chance to interview for an EA position to the president & chief executive officer. I have had an interesting week, with 2 telephone interviews and 1 aptitude test. Are you prepared? Jane Admin.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 18, 2009

Times are tough and I am sure many of you have been touched by it in some way, shape, or form. It looks like I have a chance to interview for an EA position to the president & chief executive officer. I have had an interesting week, with 2 telephone interviews and 1 aptitude test. Are you prepared? Jane Admin.

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The purpose of your website should be to get the reader to take a predetermined action: pick up the phone, send you an email or fill out a contact form. Make sure your website is doing its part to capture the reader’s attention and get them to pick up the phone so you can do your magic.

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 10, 2010

This can take any number of forms beyond the obvious such as prompt, informed attention by capable associates, the right products available when needed, etc. Do your employees understand the concept of building relationships with each person that comes in the door or calls on the phone? Or would they? Share your tips for success here.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Wright, Author So Youve Got the Job Interview - Now What? This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! Obviously you really want the job, and to get this job, youve got to really shine in the interview. Treat the interview as your first day on the job – come in prepared to show what you can do.

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Allwork

AUGUST 14, 2023

But when you look at people in engineering and people that build physical things versus I watched a video shortly after that, Elon Musk interview with Kevin O’Leary, the famous shark tank investor, and he was talking about how people in compliance or people in certain kinds of financial services are never going back to the office.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

Even my own mother thinks I merely answer the phone and type a few letters. With a mix of formats, the conference will focus on best practice and learning form other assistants. Interview tips and techniques , Comparing job descriptions. Being hidden behind the scenes as such. Seen as a secretary.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

Flocc alternates heads-down “red time” with Swedish fika ( a coffee break), while Glasgow call center Pursuit Marketing offers workers free breakfast before they hit the phones. The solution: Share those productivity gains with workers, in the form of a shorter workweek.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

INTERVIEW WELL Make it a conversation. You are interviewing them too so ask questions. Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. How true that is! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Ideas.Ted

MARCH 3, 2022

In 2005, Deepa’s husband sent a note to the people in his wife’s life informing them that Deepa had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. . The person who answered the phone explained that Deepa had died that morning. Amy wanted to call her old friend. Amy put off calling her old friend. Full stop.”.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.

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Small Business CEO

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Knowing their problems and/or questions matter and that help is conveniently available is significant for many of the shoppers interviewed. Not having to stray from their computers or pick up the phone (especially in a work environment) were significant reasons chat was favored. Shoppers can multi-task when chatting.

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The Marq

OCTOBER 10, 2019

During this time, I know I'm not doing anything else: no emails, texts, browsing (unless I'm researching), or phone calls. What ideas from disparate practices seem to merge together (based on reading, interviewing, observing)? Feel free to contact me via the form on this page with any ideas or list of tools of your own.

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