Office Dynamics

MAY 26, 2016

Almost every successful person freely admits that success is not a one-person job. Without a trusted support network—an “inner circle” of people to share their wisdom, experience, and belief in you—the road to success is elusive, if not impossible. Regardless of your job title, intelligence level or personal skill set, there is one certainty that always holds true: You simply cannot achieve your vision of greatness (whatever it may be) without the help of other people.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 25, 2016

If you have been following JTL Services, Inc.’s online presence through our jobadviceblog.com site, then you may have noticed a few changes. The biggest change is the addition of our Millennial Corner, a section of our blog that highlights and discusses many aspects of the millennial generation entering the job world and interacting with those … Continue reading We Hired Him!

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 16, 2016

Considering cloud computing but you’re concerned about the pitfalls, like security and flexibility? What is cloud computing? Cloud computing is a method of managing and storing data in the same way you would on your computer or local server but via the internet in a virtual environment called the cloud. There are different types – public clouds are owned and operated by third party service providers, private clouds are built for an individual enterprise.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 23, 2016

The Coworking Industry is an interesting white paper by coworking industry veteran Drew Jones, who is a partner in the boutique coworking consultancy OpenWork. The paper uses the diffusion of innovation model developed in the book Crossing the Chasm  to show that coworking has reached the early majority phase. This roughly equivalent to saying coworking is beginning to enter the mainstream.  The key reason for this is the real estate industry and corporate America are starting

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 26, 2016

Last month I asked you all to complete a survey which asked what are the big topics for discussion at the moment. What stuff should we be debating, what is going on, what should be changed and what is working well within the Assistant industry. Thanks to the hundreds of you that completed that survey. Here are the results… Are there any additional questions we should be thinking about?

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Office Dynamics

MAY 23, 2016

Already this year, I have talked to many people in the workplace who are experiencing all kinds of changes; everything from company mergers and acquisitions (the biggest one) to job changes, project restructuring, getting a new supervisor to personal change. I have been speaking and writing about change for 25+ years. It is one of my favorite topics to speak on because everyone has to deal with change personally and professionally.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 17, 2016

One of the biggest problems we at JTL Services see in the job market is the phenomenon known colloquially as “Job Hopping”. When a candidate spends only about a year and some change with each company one can’t help but ask the question, “What are they really in it for?

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Productivity Bits

MAY 26, 2016

So much to do and so little time! This seems to be one of the most common complaints in our hectic society. Whether we are at home, at study or at work, there are inevitably many demands on our time. Here are a few ways to supercharge your productivity and get everything done with minimal stress. 1. Eat Right A healthy diet is important for so many aspects of life.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 17, 2016

Bloomberg's I'll Never Retire covers the trend towards people working past the traditional retirement age - or at least the recent traditional retirement age. As the article chart below shows, the percentage of Americans aged 65 and older who are still in the workforce is at an all-time high. The shift towards older Americans staying in the workforce is not new.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 20, 2016

What is Canned Emails? Canned Emails is a simple website that has a load of pre-written emails for a variety of circumstances from emailing in sick, letting down a supplier to breaking up with someone…(I promise I haven’t used it for this one. However, it is great!). What does it do? Really that is all that it does but it is pretty handy!

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On The Job

MAY 23, 2016

These days, it’s not a question of if – but when – your organization will digitally transform itself. The real unknown may be how it will take place. If the transformation is done poorly, then a company’s very survival might be at risk. But if it’s done right, then the organization may evolve into an enterprise that is more agile, more competitive and more innovative.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 27, 2016

In 2014 we rolled out a scholarship program for the Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. We’ve never offered a scholarship for our administrative conference in its history – now hosting our 23rd year. We were thrilled with the quality of applications received and that the scholarship winners continued their relationship with Office Dynamics International after their experience with our event.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 31, 2016

Picture yourself getting ready for your first ever grown-up job interview. You’re in your late teens or early twenties, you’ve got some college experience under your belt, and you’re wearing the best formal-wear a college student can afford. You hear your mother’s voice echo in your head from a few weeks ago when you called […]. The post Questioning The Interviewer!

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Virtual Moxie

MAY 30, 2016

Hello, friends! You'll notice there's really nothing here, anymore.all signs of the move. . Moxie will be in its new home, and there will be a new post there next Tuesday! Our URL will remain the same. you will always be able to find us at VirtualMoxie.com. Until next week! A.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 24, 2016

Work a Little, Play a Little: A New Retirement Strategy from the New York Times covers the  growing trend towards people working part-time in retirement. As we reported last week, record numbers of Americans are working past 65. They are doing so for a variety of reasons, including financial need, wanting to stay engaged and simply enjoying work.  The article focuses on a retired educator who has put together a portfolio of activities to meet his goal of “balancing a life of le

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 22, 2016

Even when you spend a lot of time reviewing nice hotels you rarely find a bedroom that you can describe as “the best you’ve stayed in” but this was one of those rare times. Welcome to The Wellesley. Their website says: “Discover contemporary luxury and traditional glamour in the heart of London at The Wellesley – a Knightsbridge hotel offering discreet and uncompromising service for the discerning traveller” N o traveller would be disappointed with this hotel.

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On The Job

MAY 16, 2016

I was born and raised in Oklahoma, and although I moved away a long time ago, I still have a bit of that Okie twang. The accent becomes stronger if I'm talking to a native Southerner. I become even more "Southern" when I get upset or excited. I start using phrases like "I'm fixin' to." or "ya'll." Early in my career, I landed a big job in Washington, D.C.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 16, 2016

What are you going to do this summer that you’ve never done before and have always wanted to do? Are you having a hard time getting yourself going this morning? Well, this will wake you up. I’m jumping right into this week’s topic. FEAR! Fear can prevent you from progressing in your career and in your personal life. It prevents you from opening up to experiences which could be rewarding.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 31, 2016

Picture yourself getting ready for your first ever grown-up job interview. You’re in your late teens or early twenties, you’ve got some college experience under your belt, and you’re wearing the best formal-wear a college student can afford. You hear your mother’s voice echo in your head from a few weeks ago when you called … Continue reading Questioning The Interviewer!

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Clutter Coach

MAY 19, 2016

by When I taught this class a few months ago, it was a big hit! I’m bringing it back in June at a private studio in south Berkeley. Go here for details and tickets. In the meantime, here’s a joke quiz I wrote about paper. See how you score! Top Ten Ways NOT to deal with paper. Keep your junk mail to look at later. Save coupons for things you do not need or want.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 31, 2016

Most of the media is not positive about the on-demand economy. A good example is the coverage of Pew Internet's Shared, Collaborative and On Demand: The New Digital Economy report.   The study findings show the on-demand economy has extensively penetrated the U.S. economy in a relatively short time. As the study chart below shows, 72% of Americans have used some sort of on-demand/sharing economy service, 15% have used a rideshare (meaning Uber, Lyft, etc.) and 11% a home sharing servic

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MAY 16, 2016

There are a variety of reasons I love it, and several shortcuts I’ve picked up with time. One of the most interesting things I’ve learned—cooking is a lot like writing. There’s the KISS principle: “Keep it simple, stupid.” If I don’t have a lot of time, I can’t plan anything fancy. And oftentimes, simple taste better, anyway. So I’ve practiced a few simple meals that we rotate through the week.

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On The Job

MAY 25, 2016

In today’s world, we often make decisions based on data, whether it’s how much to exercise or what product to buy. But what you may not realize is how many decisions are made based on the charts used to visualize that data — and unfortunately some of those charts aren’t very good. The result is that bad charts can lead to bad decisions as information isn’t conveyed correctly or leads to erroneous conclusions, says Scott Berinato, author of “ Good Charts. ” “Or, bad charts can lead to no decision

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Office Dynamics

MAY 25, 2016

This is part of a series by editor Barbara McNichol to provide tips that help you write like a pro. In their classic book The Elements of Style, Strunk and White called word clutter “the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood out of words.” Who wants that in their writing? You can de-clutter your writing by questioning the use of these phrases that are often extraneous: “it is all about”; “the fact of the matter is”; “the fact that”; “it’s important to remember that” e.g., The

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 25, 2016

If you have been following JTL Services, Inc.’s online presence through our jobadviceblog.com site, then you may have noticed a few changes. The biggest change is the addition of our Millennial Corner, a section of our blog that highlights and discusses many aspects of the millennial generation entering the job world and interacting with those […].

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Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Productivity Bits

MAY 13, 2016

Email – possibly one of the greatest inventions of recent times and also possibly the bane of many people’s existence. Can you remember that lovely feeling when you first set-up your email account and there was only a couple of welcome messages? Akin to the sense of satisfaction that comes with a tidy house, that feeling fades as your inbox loses its shine and winds up crammed with a glut of superfluous mail.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 11, 2016

So, according to recent studies, the amount organizations spend on business travel is increasing year on year. Our Executives are hoping on flights, checking into far flung destinations and attending meetings all over the world. This means that the amount of time assistants spends organising business travel is only going to grow. Throw into the mix the fact that we are seeing the rise of the Millennials (those born roughly between 1980-2000) into managerial positions we can safely say organising

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2016

LinkedIn has quietly launched ProFinder , it's online talent marketplace.  It was first released in last fall , but at the time it was a bit unclear how serious LinkedIn was about ProFinder. That's no longer the case. ProFinder, not surprisingly, is targeting the same market as Upwork, Freelancer.com and the other online talent marketplaces that connect freelance talent with businesses.  Linkedin's post The Gig Economy is Seeing Double makes this very clear.

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