Eat Your Career

JUNE 12, 2017

The simple answer is this: I am a firm believer in the importance of lifelong learning. For example, a recent OfficeTeam survey of the administrative profession found that employers pay up to 8% more on average (in the U.S.) Some people like learning purely for the sake of personal growth. Sometimes, yes, but not necessarily.

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C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If we go even further back when we published an exhaustive survey of salaries for Executive Assistants to the C-Suite, we can see that the average salary has increased by 60% since 2013. Skills That Are In High Demand The skills required to be a successful EA at the C-Suite level have increased exponentially.

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Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Ramp up your communication skills to be obsessive about the details and be proactive about answering “What’s next?” Send out a simple survey that asks for highly specific feedback. Click here to learn more. Learn more about Jen Lawrence at [link]. Do you stick to policies “no matter what”?

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

but then I put the Practically Perfect PA survey out there. I wanted to share some of the survey responses with you today. I sometimes would like to be a project manager or be able to take decisions. With a mix of formats, the conference will focus on best practice and learning form other assistants.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. The key to advanced productivity lies in the power of learning. Back in 2011, I took the time to learn new techniques in Microsoft Excel through a course. The value of learning is very clear.

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On The Job

MARCH 20, 2019

OK, that may be stretching it a bit, but a new survey by Robert Half finds that 84 percent of companies are willing to hire and train a candidates who lack required skills for a job. For example, maybe you don't have a "project management" job title, but for years you've coordinated projects in your job, from beginning to end.

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Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

According to Zip Recruiter’s monthly surveys in 2022, 60% of workers say they “hope to find remote opportunities”. Before the pandemic, the number of remote workers had doubled every 15 years, according to a “Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes” update, making the pandemic a timely nudge toward what was already coming.

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On The Job

MAY 19, 2010

I did this story for my Gannett/USAToday.com column in the hopes that well all learn from these "never again" stories. While many of those unemployed in the last year have managed to find work again, the – sometimes painful – lessons they have learned will stick with them for a career lifetime, they say. “I

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A few months ago I asked the Practically Perfect PA readers if they could complete a survey for me. The survey asked if assistants feel that having or not having a university degree has made a difference to their career path. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job. Only the usual Microsoft skills.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 9, 2021

Text Analyzer: For All Your Job Descriptions After innumerable surveys conducted worldwide, research has proved how the way you write your job description can attract different gender spectrum. Read more: Learn how to post a job on LinkedIn like a pro recruiter. Recruiters can use Asana to onboard fresh recruits too.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Learn to say "no" sometimes! Saying "NO" Is An Important Time Management Technique Learn to say NO! You could try EFT or the Sedona Method, or a simple, easy to learn and use exercise called.you guessed it: Dissolving Overwhelm. Don't fill your calendar to the max. Wash The Overwhelm Away!

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

But the way we process them can be skilled or not. Clients of professional certified coach Victor McGuire are working on “anything from learning how to be better leaders and communicate more effectively to dealing with common confidence issues such as imposter syndrome.” These are actual findings from an industry survey.

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