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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

Eat Your Career

Recommended Resource: Straight Talk About Salaries (Recorded Webinar). First, MS Office is a very heavily used software suite and people in the administrative field are deeply reliant on it in many organizations. Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

She received the biggest salary of her lifetime with all kinds of perks. Several former assistants at Ernst & Young say they had an inkling their roles might be in jeopardy when the firm required them to pass a series of tests on PowerPoint and Excel. Being an excellent assistant is not just about PowerPoint and Excel.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

What kind of salary are you looking for? Another suggestion is to find out the salary range that was posted for this job and use that. If you get a question that doesnt relate to the job that youre applying for, this type of question is related to how well you work under pressure. Try to give a range, never give a fixed figure.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Providing excellent customer service is crucial.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Highlights from a Talk With the CEO of SHRM: What HR Really Thinks About EAs

Bonnie Low Kramen

On the other hand, I hear from assistants that job descriptions are obsolete, salary bands are slow to move, and job titles do not reflect the level of responsibility for the role. The disconnect may be in the difference between a for-profit company and a non-profit organization. Pretty valuable people, most would say.

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Writing Meaningful Performance Goals

All Things Admin

We all want to be more productive, increase revenue, decrease errors, and be a more valuable asset to our executive and our organization. They may have a direct impact on your salary and bonuses. Learn the Objectives of Your Executive and Organization. Every organization needs to be profitable to stay in business.

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