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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

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Thank you so much for taking up this blog. My question regards the difficulty I am having in reentering the admin support field despite the fact that I have ten years of office management and administrative support experience. I thoroughly enjoy the diversity of these positions, the project management, and the role of admin support.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

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I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

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I have tried to research what the next level(s) up is, I can't seem to find any information. Do you by chance know what it takes to get up there? Sincerely, Anonymous” Dear NK, Thank you for the great question and btw, your wording of it was great! :) No need for me to “pretty it up!” I was wondering about career path.

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Standard Operating Procedures: Tips for Creating Business Systems | Office Organization & Office Efficiency | OfficeArrow

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| Cart Sign Up | Forgot Password | Contact Us Get more from OfficeArrow! Learn about all the benefits of becoming a member or Sign up Now! Three Steps to Business System Creation To ensure that anyone can pick up your documented business system and figure out what to do, here are three steps to get you going. Get Organized!

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

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Would hate to pass up this leadership opportunity if it could mean progression for me in the future. Why do I bring this up? Do you want to manage people or actually do the work? I'm pushed pretty far in terms of capacity on most days - one extra board meeting or event can result in a spiral of 60 hour weeks.

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

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While I don’t have 100% accuracy, I’d say it’s pretty high up there as I am such a worrywart and have a fear of failure that I quadruple check stuff, don’t assume anything, also get others to help me proofread, and usually take a stance to over-communicate. Most of my jobs I was able to take my 2 weeks.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

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Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town.