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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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A Growing Number of Freelancers are Providing Professional Services to Businesses

Small Business Labs

  Like prior years, the 2019 study focuses on the growing group of highly-skilled independent professionals (freelancers, independent consultants, etc.) This, coupled with the growing demand for skilled independent workers, is resulting in more choosing to do this work.  

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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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Book Review: Gig Mindset

Small Business Labs

But Gig Mindset is about how companies and workers can use freelancers and other gig workers to save time, access needed skills and increase productivity.    This led to him working on Microsoft's 365 freelance toolkit , a set of software tools that help corporations hire, work with and manage freelancers. 

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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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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. Interpersonal & Communications skills Communication is essential to being successful with office manager responsibilities.

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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

So, choosing the right tools that integrate well with your primary software suites can greatly enhance your information management workflow. Taking a few extra seconds to create a specific file name that utilizes standard naming conventions and includes relevant information for context goes a long way towards staying organized!