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Using the Quarantine to Improve Your Executive Assistant Skills

C-Suite Assistants

With more employees working from home, and less facetime with your executives, improving your executive assistant skills presents more challenges than ever. As much as half of America’s population moved to a telecommuting role during the pandemic. Honing Your Executive Assistant Skills In a Changing Business Environment.

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Could telecommuting be a career mistake?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 14, 2009 Could telecommuting be a career mistake? Those are lessons he says other telecommuters need to take to heart. Working from his Cambridge, Mass.,

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27 Ways to Re-Energize Your Career Without Changing Jobs

Eat Your Career

Telecommute. Develop a new skill. What skills do you need to hone to achieve your career objectives? Volunteer to take on a new project that forces you to do something different, learn something new, work with new people, or simply explore a new side of your professional abilities. Create a lunch and learn group.

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No Opportunities for Career Advancement? Do These 5 Things

All Things Admin

Learn about the options that may exist, and get the department’s input on how you can continue to learn and grow in your position. Are things like a flexible schedule, ability to telecommute, additional days off, other company perks, or an off-cycle promotion an option? Have a conversation with Human Resources.

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How to Work from Home as an Administrative Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

You may have been employed at a company that has not yet fully reopened, or you may be assisting your children with remote learning. However, the administrative assistant (telecommute position) has unique challenges compared to the in-person admin assistant. What Skills are Needed to do Admin Work from Home?

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Why Maternity Leave Doesn't Have to be Problem

On The Job

The change in routine was good for the company because everyone pitched in, learned to stretch their capabilities and skills and be more flexible with their work, Newman says in the post. She says she was telecommuting from home when she heard about the second employee announcing her pregnancy.

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Work-life Integration vs Separation: How to Find the Perfect Middle Ground

Office Dynamics

Past and present employees comment on the Colgate-Palmolive employer review page, noting that management sets realistic expectations for employees, promotes time management skills and clearly communicates. Wegmans is another company that really excels in this area. America is a land of incentive.