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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

Productivity Bits

This form of working from home and using computers and the Internet has been coined telecommuting. Telecommuting Trends. The fastest growing telecommuting roles at the moment are in the fields of freelance data entry, accountancy, business consulting and customer services.

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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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Time Management Goals for Executive Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

In such a fast-paced, high-stakes job environment, assistants must become experts in time management. Executive assistants not only have to manage multiple execs’ schedules, but they also have various other responsibilities they didn’t have before. How to Set Time Management Goals As an Executive Assistant.

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Work flexibility: Unconventional arrangements are here to stay

BMT Office Administration

As time passed, however, Molly started noticing the positives of telecommuting. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) notes that flexible work arrangements include a variety of different alternative work schedules and programs to promote work-life balance. Flexible schedule. Unlimited PTO.

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How to Work from Home as an Administrative Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

However, the administrative assistant (telecommute position) has unique challenges compared to the in-person admin assistant. Keep reading to discover the skills and qualities you need to be a successful work from home administrative assistant. They’ll also manage and distribute information to co-workers and customers.

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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? Plus, you’ll stretch your skills, find new ways to communicate, and develop new relationships in the process. Evaluate long-term career goals, discuss them with management and develop a concrete plan for achieving them.