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Key skills round-up 2019

Practically Perfect PA

I hope you enjoy our key skills round-up 2019. We focused really heavily this year on increasing our content around the key skills Assistants need to develop in their role this year. We covered a lot of skills including minute taking, event management, organising business travel, project management and everything in between!

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

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Here Are 5 Benefits Virtual Reality Brings To Soft Skills Training

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More and more organizations are implementing or planning to implement a VR training program for soft skills. . According to Patrick Manglano of Roundtable Learning, there are five top 5 benefits that VR brings to soft skill learning. . For instance, in 2019, Walmart trained more than 1 million employees using VR.

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Administrative Professionals Day 2019 – A Message from Dana

Office Dynamics

Joan stated – Expand your mind; add to your skill set; challenge your thinking; look at your day in a new way; be a life-long student. Our profession is unique in the sense that so many of our skills are not only utilized professionally but personally as well. You will amaze yourself!

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The Most Common Professions of Skilled Freelancers Working for Businesses

Small Business Labs

To help with this problem, the MBO Partners 2019 Client of Choice study used natural language processing tools to help categorize independent workers who provide services to businesses. Creative services, healthcare and sciences and project management have been fast growing fields for independent workers.

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5 Must-Have Skills for Progressive Assistants From Joan’s book, Who Took My Pen… Again?

Office Dynamics

You have the fundamentals down pat and even demonstrate advanced skill sets. What might be missing from your bag of skills? Studying the movers and shakers who create the curve, set the trends and define what the future might be in a week, month or year, makes you valuable to your managers and organization. Purchase Here.

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Labor Department Data Reveals That Many Occupation Trends Were Accelerated By The Pandemic

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between May 2019 and May 2022. How it’ll impact the future: The data might indicate that the workforce will shift greater focus to growing occupation sectors, which may lead to increased demand for skilled workers in those areas.

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