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Dealing With Inflation as a Home Business, How to Weather Economic Downturns

Tips From T. Marie

Sometimes it’s a direct influence, the supplies you purchase, the software subscriptions you rely on, and the things that are an integral part of keeping your business going are suddenly costing you more. Strategies to Keep Your Business Thriving Refine Your Budgeting Skills: It’s time for a budget makeover.

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Networking with ACE Connects

Practically Perfect PA

Back in November I had the pleasure of speaking to 50 assistants who were attending a networking event organised by ACE (Assistant Community EMEA), an internal networking group set up by assistants at BlackRock. I was asked to speak about networking and how beneficial it is for assistants. Visit the website for more information.

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

“We want to work with people who are up to date in the areas that we’re iterating toward, so we outsource software development but keep design, engineers and product management within the company,” she says. As a company, we lead with our hearts and are very transparent with our suppliers,” she says. Who you gonna call?

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

Practically Perfect PA

Read the first one, on what to look for in an event supplier , and watch out for the third and final blog, on how to ensure organisations value PA work! So we asked our attendees what they thought about their career paths, skills development, performance reviews , and any other developmental aspects of their jobs.

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To boost productivity in the UK, we need to think big and different

Workplace Insight

All suppliers have best practices which can be distributed by role to enable active reminders, ongoing support, plus tracking of use and improvement of content daily. The UK has historically suffered from underinvestment in infrastructure, including transportation networks, digital connectivity, and research and development facilities.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Quite often I am asked which courses I would recommend for assistants that are just starting in the profession and want to undertake some training to increase their skills and help them move up the career ladder. We have a shed load of skills that have to be kept up to date so that we can do our job effectively. Networking Groups.

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Evolution of Software as a Service (SaaS) | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Build your own network! Evolution of Software as a Service (SaaS) by Stefan Töpfer on May 09, 2006 Dennis has a great new story this morning ( at 03:10 am ?) How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. You ask a question, I answer!

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