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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

Eat Your Career

The simple answer is this: I am a firm believer in the importance of lifelong learning. Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Some people like learning purely for the sake of personal growth. Sometimes, it’s not about the organization at all.

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Strategies for Advancing Your Career Outside of Administrative Services

Office Dynamics

For example, here are a few of the most common roles that may be a great fit for assistants, depending on your skills and interests: Project Manager. Take advantage of that by volunteering to own projects that leverage and develop specific skills you’d like to use in the future. Event Planner. Training Coordinator.

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Career development for Assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them

Practically Perfect PA

Consider going into related fields that will use many of the skills you already have, such as Project Management, or a role within your organisation that you have learned about through your PA work. The PA learning curve can be very steep, and the role can be demanding.

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5 Reasons Why Office Admins are the New Power Job

Office Dynamics

Whether it’s finding the right caterer, meeting global counterparts from international office locations or brushing off your creative skills to whip up a spiffy PowerPoint presentation, you love tackling projects outside of your job scope (and even get excited at the opportunity!). Always In the Know.

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6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.    I LOVE basecamp I have used it to coordinate many different projects where team members are all over the place.

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Tailored Procedures Documentation: Tools and Techniques for Every Learning Style

All Things Admin

One of the more labor-intensive procedures my team and I use covers how we add new courses to our learning management system. Asana or Teamwork : For project management with detailed documentation capabilities. But not everyone learns the same way. Word, OneNote, or PowerPoint : For audio recording tools.

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The Pitfalls of Working in the Entertainment Industry

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Before she got too comfortable and old, she thought she needed to leave entertainment and learn what else was out there. I more or less work with the intangible things like managing his time, schedule, and delivering on his requests by carrying out actions he can't. I am truly his right (and left) hand!