On The Job

JANUARY 25, 2011

Should you try and cover it up and just hope and pray the boss never finds out? If you're employed with a company that promotes family-friendly values, for example, you might immediately be placed on administrative leave until an investigation is concluded.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Jennifer took the stage following lunch to give a powerful, dramatic presentation that encouraged women to boldly create strategies to promote health and balance at home and at work. For example, don’t lower yourself to participate in office gossip. They were showing up to a bar for a gig, but there were only two guys at the bar.

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On The Job

JANUARY 14, 2011

The economy is starting to improve — there is going to be more hiring and promoting going on in companies in the coming year, and you want to make sure you're one of the first ones recognized," says Steve M. This can mean everything from making sure you contribute your portion to the office coffee fund to refusing to gossip about co-workers.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? She has been here a little over 1 1/2 years and has recently been promoted to an Administrative Assistant.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 12, 2012

There are all kinds of cliques and gossip. Sure, it’s important to stand up for yourself and be assertive, but you still have to be respectful and professional and well…nice. You: a) Recommend him for a promotion so he can move to a different department. Sometimes, the office can feel like high school. You’re a pushover.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

She has always shown up as herself and for that she can proudly say her success has been built through complete authenticity. So took it from there and worked my way up to working in C suite at just 20 years old, I actually wasn’t even old enough to drink yet. So worked my way up from there, I held five c suites at the age of 20.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Here are 5 ways to score brownie points with your boss and get that promotion or raise (or both) a little faster: The one thing that I’ve learned over the course of my career is to try getting to know your boss. Make sure to follow up on your commitments. Are you a seasoned veteran like myself (well, this is what people tell me)?

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On The Job

JULY 22, 2010

Cavalli points out that social media interaction isn’t always about discussing a new movie or dishing the latest gossip. Still, some companies have shied away from social media after warnings from legal experts that employers could be opening themselves up to a bevy of problems. She says leaders can “model” proper behavior online.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Well, I sit home all day sending out resumes to evil trolls who won't even return a phone call, and then I watch Ellen and Oprah, to make sure I'm up on all the celebrity news before settling in to surf the Internet for endless hours while eating an entire bag of out-of-date Cheetos I bought at the dollar store. Keep your antenna up.

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On The Job

JULY 13, 2009

Adding insult to injury, Rosen says these “overly aggressive” workers “seem to be moving up.” “If If I were a boss, I’d take into account that I may not see the day-to-day impact someone has on other people, and I would check that out” before promoting someone, says Rosen, a website manager for a nonprofit in New York City. “If

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Do you feel sluggish in the mornings and would like to lift up your spirits, without having to use a caffeine boost (well, some people feel they need this and you can read a post on this as well here )? It could be anything, such as getting that promotion , helping others more, etc. Keep it short and simple though. Whats next?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 31, 2008

This will promote positive productivity in your office. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Some criticisms just are not worth responding to, most notably ’snark’-style blog comments and angry gossip articles. Using Videos to Develop the Perception of a Personal Relationship With Target Audiences When pursued correctly, video marketing can be an extremely effective tool to promote your small business.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Today’s assistants are computer savvy, smart and up-and-coming, and consider themselves professionals in the workplace. Those who are skilled at regularly thinking on their feet as they come up with solutions and ideas both on the computer and on the job might be able to step into this role.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Seminars for Professional Assistants By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity A re you looking to improve your skills and catch up with the latest office trends ? Are you trying to get that raise or promotion that you so well deserve?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

However, you also have to know where you want to end up and work your way backwards. Very often, the job description will say up front if they want a career executive assistant. As with anything in life, know where you want to end up so you know how to get there. Anything above that up to 80-100hrs is not unusual.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 23, 2010

If you follow a lot of people, you’ll find that it’s hard to keep up with your favorites as the stream of tweets can become quite large. Likewise, you might create a separate group for family members and close friends so that their tweets don’t get lost in the celebrity gossip and sports tweets.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. It also means going on job interviews or meeting with any agency that calls you because they will often keep you in their database when the right job does come up.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. As a grown up, you will performing them again and again, without even knowing. Everything was cool. Nobody did.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

The simple act of saying ”thank you“ closes an interaction in a completely healthy way, no room left for any potential harmful follow up. Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. Great post. Here is the link.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

If you apply the 80/20 rule to your life, be sure to first make clear what are you giving up, and don’t mix leisure with work, or even different projects at work. Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

If you apply the 80/20 rule to your life, be sure to first make clear what are you giving up, and don’t mix leisure with work, or even different projects at work. Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 22, 2012

If you hear people talking negatively about another assistant, walk away from the negativity or else speak up for that person to advance the profession.". You always have to be up in your game. For example, don't lower yourself to participate in office gossip. It should be us trying to elevate the profession! D- Decision.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 22, 2010

The Inspiration from Professionals: It is easy to get wallowed up in envy and self- pity when you watch the effortless, stunning beauty of professional tango dancers. The Attitude: The tango community can be quite the political, social, and gossip mega circle. It leaves you breathless and sometimes hopeless.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

It got me thinking about the impact of the show on our profession, it certainly has made people more aware of what our predecessors had to put up with from their male bosses! We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

It got me thinking about the impact of the show on our profession, it certainly has made people more aware of what our predecessors had to put up with from their male bosses! We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Those who help the company become more innovative or strategic will make themselves key players – and those are the people a company is more likely to retain and promote. Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Pick up the phone. Don’t gossip at work.

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