Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I know many seasoned executive assistants who think they do not need to focus on or pay attention to their basic skills, what is also known as the fundamentals. They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. Every career has certain core fundamental skills. Time Management.

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Calendars 2018 Negotiating Skills 223

Success

MAY 24, 2023

Penelope Cline, a project manager, HR manager and talent scout, loves the quarterly home office stipend provided by her company, which allows employees to purchase items they get to keep or to use the funds for external workspaces such as WeWork or Selina.

Home Office 299

Home Office Equipment Environment AT&T 299

Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2022

A large proportion of business owners (65 per cent) and senior managers (82 per cent) have increased their use of project-based methods on everyday tasks, such as introducing measures to identify and manage risk. Despite this, many are still failing to assign enough dedicated project managers to the work.

Project Management 52

Project Management Budget International Policies 52

C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If we go even further back when we published an exhaustive survey of salaries for Executive Assistants to the C-Suite, we can see that the average salary has increased by 60% since 2013. Skills That Are In High Demand The skills required to be a successful EA at the C-Suite level have increased exponentially.

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Salary 2023 2022 2021 98

Allwork

JULY 28, 2022

Lisa Gevelber is the founder and head of Grow with Google, Google’s tech skilling workforce development initiative. Lisa Gevelber is the founder and head of Grow with Google, Google’s tech skilling workforce development initiative. Lisa has worked doing tremendous work with Google’s Tech Skilling Workforce Initiative.

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Google Skills AT&T Training 244

Eat Your Career

JUNE 12, 2017

For example, a recent OfficeTeam survey of the administrative profession found that employers pay up to 8% more on average (in the U.S.) Possessing it demonstrates expert-level mastery of the skills required to leverage systems like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. What really matters is how you use those skills.

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OfficeTeam PowerPoint Skills Administrative Professionals 230

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 12, 2022

BW’s approach to designing and building projects is further based on four pillars. This includes a ‘discovery’ element which covers due diligence/building surveys, environmental studies and key stakeholder engagement, a ’describe’ phase where testing, clarification and testing take place.

Budget 52

Budget Health Project Management Forms 52

Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Ramp up your communication skills to be obsessive about the details and be proactive about answering “What’s next?” Send out a simple survey that asks for highly specific feedback. Do you stick to policies “no matter what”? ” EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS. Click here to learn more.

Project Management 52

Project Management Policies AT&T Learning 52

Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

but then I put the Practically Perfect PA survey out there. I wanted to share some of the survey responses with you today. I sometimes would like to be a project manager or be able to take decisions. The skills other PAs have added which have helped them move up within the profession or move to different roles.

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2014 2013 Skills AT&T 100

On The Job

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

But for veterans trying to re-enter the work force — despite having a variety of skills — landing a position can be even tougher. Part of the reason is because it's often difficult for former military personnel to explain how their skills can translate into the civilian world.

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Medical Stress Retirement Equipment 100

On The Job

MARCH 20, 2019

OK, that may be stretching it a bit, but a new survey by Robert Half finds that 84 percent of companies are willing to hire and train a candidates who lack required skills for a job. For example, maybe you don't have a "project management" job title, but for years you've coordinated projects in your job, from beginning to end.

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Skills Budget Project Management Training 25

Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

To receive a free copy of the Career Advancement Toolkit, join the Project Management Hacks email newsletter. This skill has expedited the growth of my audience from under a hundred to over two thousand email subscribers in eight months. Books remain one of the best ways to learn a skill. But where can you start?

Microsoft Excel 40

Microsoft Excel Negotiating Learning Skills 40

Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

According to Zip Recruiter’s monthly surveys in 2022, 60% of workers say they “hope to find remote opportunities”. Before the pandemic, the number of remote workers had doubled every 15 years, according to a “Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes” update, making the pandemic a timely nudge toward what was already coming.

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Sprint Collaborate 2021 2022 230

On The Job

MAY 19, 2010

While he “jumped” at the business analyst job, it was a step down in terms of responsibilities and skills needed – and about a 30 percent cut in pay. According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 61 percent of workers laid off in the last three months who have found new jobs report they’ve taken a pay cut.

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2010 Networking Social Media Retirement 100

Small Business Labs

JULY 31, 2018

  Back in 2011 when we first starting asking about this in surveys, we assumed the vast majority of independent workers would view self-employment as being less secure than having a traditional job.  This is particularity true for independent workers with sought after skills and experience. 

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

A few months ago I asked the Practically Perfect PA readers if they could complete a survey for me. The survey asked if assistants feel that having or not having a university degree has made a difference to their career path. Again, these are skills I was able to cultivate on the job. Only the usual Microsoft skills.

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IAAP Training AT&T Skills 100

Recruit CRM

JUNE 9, 2021

Text Analyzer: For All Your Job Descriptions After innumerable surveys conducted worldwide, research has proved how the way you write your job description can attract different gender spectrum. Folks at Recruit CRM is known globally to provide the best customer support to their users. Recruiters can use Asana to onboard fresh recruits too.

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Agencies Social Media Interviewing Forms 52

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Survival Skills For Living In A NOW World In my productivity consulting, the single most common woe I hear is that clients feel they can not keep up with all the demands placed on them in different areas of their lives. In today's society, we are taught at a very early age that Multi-Tasking is this great skill to have.

AT&T 100

AT&T Calendars Social Media Stress 100

Success

JULY 17, 2021

But the way we process them can be skilled or not. Coaches will use tools like visualization, assessments, stories, breathing and mindfulness exercises, project management software and paper-based exercises, emotional releasers, mantras, and on and on. These are actual findings from an industry survey.

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Mentoring Confidence Training Resume 279