Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In a piece of advice that echoes Toni Morrison’s writing on the subject , the author reminds us that our real value comes from our relationships with the ones we love. As an award-winning journalist, wife, and mother of two, Dia Wall knows a thing or two about achieving goals—both personal and professional. You are not your work.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 9, 2023

If you’ve ever thought that the success or otherwise of a career is a little or largely dependent on getting the right breaks at the right time, new research from academics in the UK and France may confirm it. The study examines the role of chance events, whether positive or negative, on managers’ career success across Europe.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 1, 2023

While working from home offers numerous benefits, it can also come with its fair share of guilt and judgment. As you bid farewell to traditional office settings, it’s natural to feel a sense of uncertainty or self-doubt about your productivity and professionalism. But fear not! So, let’s dive in!

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 19, 2017

Recently, the OpenMeet team had the pleasure of participating in the annual Practically Perfect PA Assist Conference 2017 , where we ran a few workshops on career development for assistants: 5 common problems and how to solve them. We wanted to explore what career development in the PA role looks like.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This is an excerpt from a special report available in the Career Resource Library , a convenient and affordable training program featuring 100+ on-demand professional development resources for career advancers and administrative professionals. All of this can make time management feel like a nearly impossible task!

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Right Management, part of ManpowerGroup, has understood the shift in hiring activity and employee needs, developing Next ; an innovative digital outplacement platform to aid an easier transition for former employees into the next step in their careers. The concept of outplacement is therefore undergoing a transformative shift.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Naturally, when we celebrate and empower women, society becomes more inclusive, diverse and progressive. Every year, the SUCCESS Women of Influence awards shine an exciting spotlight on remarkable women who transcend boundaries, inspiring and transforming lives across diverse industries and communities. Mentorship is also crucial.

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Success

APRIL 12, 2023

More than half were finally able to improve that elusive work-life balance we all strive for, noting they could better handle household responsibilities as a career person. This is a time to pause and rethink how we can help employees think of their daily, weekly, quarterly and yearly approach to their work with respect to load management.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 10, 2017

If you haven’t already, read our first blog on what to look for in an event supplier , and our second, on common issues PAs face with career development. Actions PAs should take: Communicate with managers and HR about what the job involves. Encourage a better organisational structure with planned progression.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 13, 2023

In today’s dynamic workplace, it’s essential to understand your career is not set in stone. Whether you’re considering a new direction within your current career or contemplating a complete career change , the power to shape your path is in your hands. For admins, I firmly believe the motto, “Start here.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2017

When the job description includes identifying goals for the coming year; meshing them with your executive’s goals and department and organization goals; being prepared to track progress at specific intervals; and being accountable for success or lack thereof, it’s easy to tell this is not a job for dummies! Powerful assistants self-manage.

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Page Personnel

JANUARY 15, 2020

.” - Tara Jaye Frank, author of Saying Yes: A Woman’s Guide to Advancing Her Professional Purpose Career promotion doesn’t happen instantly, nor do we have much control over it when we decide it’s the right time for one. Is the role quite limited in terms of career path? How did the previous person in the role progress in the company?

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My EA Career

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re welcoming a new year and farewelling the old. If you’re like me, you’re experiencing this in real life as well as via your social media feed. It can feel overwhelming. In all honesty I am someone that finds this transitional time of the year a tad tricky. The start of a new year is challenging for me. I’m hard on myself. I’m hard on myself.

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My EA Career

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re welcoming a new year and farewelling the old. If you’re like me, you’re experiencing this in real life as well as via your social media feed. It can feel overwhelming. In all honesty I am someone that finds this transitional time of the year a tad tricky. The start of a new year is challenging for me. I’m hard on myself. I’m hard on myself.

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Page Personnel

JULY 11, 2021

How to make a career change at 40 and beyond Anonymous (not verified) 24/01/2023 Switching careers is now seen as the exception, compared to previous times where tenure was the trend. You may think that taking on a new career could equal a setback in seniority and salary.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 10, 2017

If you haven’t already, read our first blog on what to look for in an event supplier , and our second, on common issues PAs face with career development. Actions PAs should take: Communicate with managers and HR about what the job involves. Encourage a better organisational structure with planned progression.

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Ideas.Ted

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. Many trainings and articles about microaggressions focus on how you can intervene in the moment, which is a crucial part of allyship.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 17, 2012

In my experience a lot of PAs and EAs fall into the job and do not necessarily see it as a career or a profession that needs to be developed and unfortunately neither do their managers. Another telling statistic in the survey revealed that 55% of secretarial and support staff leave their job because of a lack of career progression.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 7, 2015

They are people you know personally who are willing to give you advice and feedback on your performance. In this way, you’ll be able to focus on definite objectives as well as track and measure your progress. When you take responsibility for your own development, it shows others that you are serious about your growth and your career.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 4, 2014

There are many benefits for both assistants and their employers in receiving the right training but how do we convince our managers and our organisations that they should invest in our career development? Firstly, and I know I do say this all the time, you have to be in charge of your career development. The list is endless.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 29, 2014

Attending high quality training sessions and conferences can help develop these skills and guide career progression. Think about the past five years of your career, have they just slipped by? Are you where you want to be on your career path? Research suggests that the role of the PA is constantly evolving.

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Page Personnel

APRIL 27, 2021

The truth is that few people have achieved success in a vacuum; at some point, professors, colleagues, advisers and managers make a sizeable impact on a person’s psyche and shape the way we see the world and carry out our work. These people will help them navigate their career advancement differently. Sponsorship: what’s it all about?

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Over the past few months, we’ve all watched in amazement as hundreds of new A.I. tools have flooded the market. These programs can refine and even create brand new images, videos, presentations, written content, data analysis, and more. has revolutionized the workplace and if you don’t get on board, you’re going to get left behind.

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Page Personnel

APRIL 27, 2021

The truth is that few people have achieved success in a vacuum; at some point, professors, colleagues, advisers and managers make a sizeable impact on a person’s psyche and shape the way we see the world and carry out our work. These people will help them navigate their career advancement differently. Sponsorship: what’s it all about?

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 12, 2015

While many times, it was an uphill battle, I really have loved serving the administrative career community and the executives those individuals support. While there were training companies, they provided training to people in various careers, not just one niche. We only invest in our management team.” Do you know what?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

As Joan explained, neither her career, nor this signature annual gathering, is about “training” — it’s about making work lives substantially BETTER for administrative professionals in every stage of their careers, and carving out the administrative path as a career of choice for high-performing and high-potential individuals.

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Who's the Real Boss?

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Being heavily involved in recruitment myself, I witness this alwayas as the first criteria that the hiring manager will check against. Being heavily involved in recruitment myself, I witness this alwayas as the first criteria that the hiring manager will check against.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2015

We manage our executives; we understand the needs of the company and we manage complicated tasks. For all of you that could not attend the Assist Conference this year I wanted to share my presentation with you – Reward and Recognition within the Assistant Industry. So out of that survey this session was born.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 5, 2015

I have a dual role: my primary responsibility is being the PA to the managing director. I manage his schedule and monitor his emails, as well as help organise some of his travel, company events, and client dinners, occasional research, expenses and ad hoc tasks – all the general PA duties. What does an average day look like?

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Productivityist

MAY 25, 2020

We want to engage in training to progress our careers, but doing so isn’t always easy. The current advice is to spend fifteen minutes learning. Manage Your Learning. We’re always down in the trenches, doing our work. Finding time to learn, therefore, can be a challenge. People say, “just use your evenings and weekends.”

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Productivityist

MAY 25, 2020

We want to engage in training to progress our careers, but doing so isn’t always easy. The current advice is to spend fifteen minutes learning. Manage Your Learning. We’re always down in the trenches, doing our work. Finding time to learn, therefore, can be a challenge. People say, “just use your evenings and weekends.”

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2011

There are a few standard career management tips I recommend to every professional regardless of position, industry, experience level, or future ambitions. Associations are one of the most powerful career tools available and yet, too many people disregard them. Find a professional in your field whose career you’d like to emulate.

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All Things Admin

MAY 3, 2023

CRM – Customer Relationship Management: This refers to the practices, strategies, and technologies that a company uses to manage its customer interactions and relationships. When I first started working in the financial markets industry, I was introduced to a whole new vocabulary and set of acronyms.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As the Personal Assistant to a quite renowned chef, my tasks might vary from the ones of a regular PA, like calendar and email management, to most specific tasks such as taking care of the journalists that come visit the restaurants and to interview Albert. Additionally, I take care of offsite events coordination.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I find it interesting to see the comments people write about my stories that appear online -- and these from the Arizona Republic site may reflect the initial feeling of many workers when told they need to "manage the boss." Another, "savebrice" responded: " Another way to manage an impossible jackwad of a boss: quit, It works."

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The career path to a Chief of Staff sometimes isn’t as clear cut as one would like but we know Administrative professionals are interested in learning how to get there. We had an extraordinary group of Admin panelists who spoke first-hand about their path to Chief of Staff while offering up useful advice and anecdotes.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Career fulfillment (or, as I like to call it, career nourishment ) can often seem like an elusive beast. The first thing I tell my coaching clients is that career fulfillment isn’t something you FIND, it’s something you CREATE. Your career goal isn’t to simply sidestep misery. If you don’t have it yet, pick it up here.

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