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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

Office Dynamics specifically focuses on training and development for administrative professionals of all levels. She received the biggest salary of her lifetime with all kinds of perks. Being an excellent assistant is not just about PowerPoint and Excel. She is living it up. Being an executive assistant is a high touch job.

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Are Professional Certifications Worth It?

Eat Your Career

Recommended Resource: Straight Talk About Salaries (Recorded Webinar). Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Just because that’s what it’s called doesn’t mean the training is especially relevant or unique. Do you trust them?

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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. We agreed training is essential for assistants. We discussed free training versus paid training and the value of each.

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How to Make Money With AI in 2024: A Beginner’s Guide to Saving Time and Effort

Success

I can train overseas team members to become skilled, prompt engineers and help them leverage tools like ChatGPT and Grammarly to produce work that’s 95% done. “As a marketer, most of my week was in production mode, where I’d create marketing collateral from scratch,” Couto says.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I use a place based in Toronto called Last Minute Training. I have asked for a raise however, but it was after I considered a move somewhere else and wasnt sure I wanted to go, so gave my employer a chance to match the new salary and they did. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Happy New Year to you as well.

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Writing Meaningful Performance Goals

All Things Admin

They may have a direct impact on your salary and bonuses. It will help guide all of the decisions you make related to investing money in training and networking, which skills you want to improve or develop, and ultimately, where you want your career to take you. Goal setting is a process, and it’s not something to be taken lightly.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Obtaining funds from work to complete training in the current environment is difficult. Yes, Outlook Training and Training in Supporting a University Committee. To be effective in any position you need to be on the forefront of technology and systems use so I have attended many training courses for software and technology.

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