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What Are Soft Skills? 12 Examples to Benefit You Personally & Professionally

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These skills are often learned in college, trade schools or job training. For instance, a salesperson’s ability to communicate persuasively can lead to more successful client negotiations. For example, a project manager might use the soft skill of problem-solving to resolve unexpected issues during a project’s execution.

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Personal And Professional Development With PRINCE2 Training

Small Business CEO

PRINCE2 is a process-based methodology that offers non-proprietorial best practice guidance on project management, encompassing the management, control and organisation of a project. About The Guest Author: Dr Ian Clarkson is Head of Project and Programme Management Product Development at QA and PRINCE2 accredited.

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The art of finding the perfect venue for your corporate event

Practically Perfect PA

When the pressure is on to find an impressive venue to wow your clients, or source the ideal training venue for your delegates, or book the perfect executive meeting room, it’s good to know that help is at hand. The best venue finders are experienced negotiators able to secure rates that are lower than if you booked direct.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

Project Management – Time Management, Critical Thinking and Coordination Skills. Event Management – Deductive and Inductive Reasoning. Supervise and train other clerical staff. Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others. Risk Management. Stakeholder Management.

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Branching out – moving on from being an EA

Practically Perfect PA

For me, my career took a natural path from purely EA work to Events and Project Management a career and industry which I love. My various support roles had always had an element of events management to them, all be it on a smaller scale, but for me it stood out as something I loved. To my surprise, she agreed. Be a sponge.

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Branching out – moving on from being an EA

Practically Perfect PA

For me, my career took a natural path from purely EA work to Events and Project Management a career and industry which I love. My various support roles had always had an element of events management to them, all be it on a smaller scale, but for me it stood out as something I loved. To my surprise, she agreed. Be a sponge.

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! It also costs a lot to hire someone else because finding the time to find the right person and training them is expensive in energy, manpower, resources, and money. They write. “Hi Hi there, I just stumbled upon your blog today and am glad that I've done so!