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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

All Things Admin

in person, online, by phone) • Did you read any career building or skills boosting books? • Did you learn any new skills? • Did you develop your leadership skills? • Did you mentor or help another colleague achieve a goal? • Did you update your resume, professional portfolio, and other vital career documents? •

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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

How better to share the conference experience than a conversation with the creator herself – The professional, personable, and mentor to many, Joan Burge! From the first phone call to register for the conference to picking up my name tag, the entire team carried out the professionalism of Joan. Initiative is very important.

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Administrative/Clerical: Improve Your Admin Applications and Interviews

Office Dynamics

Whether you''re hoping to become a receptionist or head administrator, your chances of receiving a serious offer hinge on your resume and interview. Fine-tune both by improving your writing and verbal skills. This may require reworking your cover letter, rewriting your personal statement, and supplementing your resume.

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Becoming too comfortable in your career and with your skills can set you up for problems if you suddenly find yourself out of work. Find a mentor. Pick up the phone. Update (or build) your resume. I love #10.

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What Are You Thankful For?

The Office Professionals Place

We all know how difficult it can be to maintain a realm of sanity in the workplace when the phone is constantly ringing, clients are popping in and out of the office, a project is due, and you have a supervisor who is behaving like a ‘helicopter mom.’ My advice is to grab a member and become a mentor or get mentored!

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What To Do When You Lose a Job

On The Job

Maybe in a few days we get our resume together and search a couple of the big online job boards to check out the available positions. If we’re feeling particularly ambitious, maybe we send out some resumes to local companies. Having mentors in place will not only help you professionally, but personally. And that’s about it.

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Answering Reader Mail: Confidential Job Hunts, Raises, Promotions & Better Projects

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It’s such a shame that there aren’t more managers who are good mentors that help each individual grow and learn more in their roles. One of the best ways to get a raise is to try to ask for more responsibility and increase your skills and talents much like you did. HR will usually call 2-3 people for a quick phone chat.