October, 2022

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3 Signs That You’re About To Lose Your Job

Allwork

With a steep inflation and a potential recession looming, many industries should expect to face substantial layoffs in the coming months. .

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Learning self-advocacy

Practically Perfect PA

Learning self-advocacy There will be many times in an Assistants career when they will be asked to do something they don't have time to do, or it doesn't fit in with their goals, or they feel uncomfortable doing it, or they don't want to. Expressing your thoughts can be difficult, [.].

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Is it Selfish to Quit?

Eat Your Career

Nearly every week it seems, I hear from someone in this community asking some form of this question: Is it selfish to quit my job? They use different words each time, of course, but it always comes down to this core idea.

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5 Leadership Clichés to Ditch

Success

Have you ever noticed that many of the leadership clichés we live by are not living up to their reputation? Leaders flippantly throw around sound bites of so-called “wisdom” picked up from conferences or leadership books and use them without questioning whether or not they are true or useful.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

This webinar with Tim Buteyn will teach you strategies for motivating learners even when training them on "boring" topics, methods to capture learner attention and bring your courses to life, and techniques that convert a course from dry and lifeless to relevant and engaging.

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Procrastination at Work: How to Practice Better Time Management

BMT Office Administration

A little bit of procrastination at the office is surprisingly common, with 88% of workers reporting that they put off important work tasks for at least one hour each day. Yet, procrastination at work is a much more severe problem for some workers.

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The Secrets Behind Portugal’s Booming Coworking Industry

Allwork

Portugal will launch its first coworking assembly on October 7 and 8 at the Coworking Nativo event in Porto. The assembly hopes to unite stakeholders from across the Portuguese coworking sector.

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Soft Skills For Assistants Become Power Skills?

Office Dynamics

I love magic. I remember sitting through my first magic show as a child. Being in awe of the glittering costumes, the lights, and the music – the theatrical presentation. I was mesmerized when a tiger came on stage and drew me into his eyes and his beautiful face.

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Annual Career Check-Up: A Simple Process for Evaluating Your Professional Health

Eat Your Career

How are you doing professionally? Are you thriving or barely surviving? Maybe you’re somewhere in between… The end of the year is a perfect time to reflect and reassess. Before you set goals and think about the future, it’s always wise to spend some time reviewing the past.

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5 Reasons to Question Everything

Success

We all know that kids ask a lot of questions. But here’s the real mystery: Why don’t adults ask more questions? Blame it on a grown-up world that tends to put more value on having answers than asking for them.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

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

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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Effective Email Management for Strategic Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Effective email management for strategic Assistants Most people know that effective inbox management is one of the most important things they can do to improve their productivity.A

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A Review Of: One Aldwych

The Assistant Room

Located at the centre of Covent Garden, London’s most exciting neighbourhood and opposite the Lyceum Theatre - home of The Lion King, One Aldwych is one of the very few hotels in London that can say it is truly independent. Read our full review of the hotel here.

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Boo! The Scary, Frustrating Reality of Candidate Ghosting

Allwork

Ghosting used to be a complaint of job searchers, but now it seems candidates are ghosting prospective employers, too. . According to a survey by Indeed, 28% of job seekers have ghosted an employer — up from only 18% in 2019. .

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This Business Lesson Took Me a Decade to Unlearn. Here’s How To Do It Faster.

Virtual Moxie

Every-other week or so, we ask the VAs in our community a question meant to spark conversation and learning. I always chime in! Recently, my team posted this: “What business lesson took you the longest to unlearn?”. I was amazed, but it took me a full week to be able to answer it.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Mastering the Skill of Composure: How to Stay Poised Under Pressure

Eat Your Career

It’s no secret that the workplace is stressful. But, as a professional, you can’t let it get to you. When dealing with high-pressure situations, your demeanor can have a dramatic impact on your success—for better or worse. Showing your feelings in the wrong way can undermine your credibility.

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The 6 Essential Traits of Good Character, According to Jim Rohn

Success

The following are what I believe to be the basics of good character. Miss one of these, and you’ll find a weak link in your character—one that might be your leadership’s undoing. Integrity.

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Effective Email Management for Strategic Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Effective email management for strategic Assistants Most people know that effective management of their inbox is one of the most important things they can do to improve their productivity.

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How to prioritize your work: Simple steps to keep on track

BMT Office Administration

Effectively prioritizing your work tasks is important. In fact, it’s so important that one of the most common job interview questions is “how do you prioritize your work?” Most people have a generic answer prepared.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

The federal government is developing a rule requiring employers with more than 100 employees ensure their workers are vaccinated or produce a negative COVID test weekly before entering the workplace. So, what can your organization do to prepare? Get Paycor’s COVID Vaccination Policy Template to help communicate important details to your employees.

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How To Master The Literal Art Of Workspace Design

Allwork

After long stints of working from home, people have come to expect both functionality and comfort from their office environments. .

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How We Help You Hire an Executive Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

Whether it be a start-up that has just received seed funding or a company that has just raised series A, B, or C rounds, every C-Suite Executive of a fast-growing company knows what it’s like to end the day feeling like you’ve dropped the ball and haven’t focused on critical strategic initiatives.

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7 Tips For A Successful Black Friday Marketing Campaign

Jennie Lyon

The holiday season is a critical time for businesses, large and small. And while the post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza known as Black Friday has become increasingly important in recent years, it’s also become more competitive.

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The 7 Reasons We Fail

Success

As any successful person will honestly admit, failure happens, and we’ve all had our fair share of it. But from each failure, we learn two equally valuable lessons: That there was at least one reason we failed, and that we can rebound from that failure. So, why do we fail? And how do we fix it?

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Learning self-advocacy

Practically Perfect PA

Learning self-advocacy There will be many times in an Assistants career when they will be asked to do something they don't have time to do, don't fit in with their goals, feel uncomfortable doing it, or don't want to. Expressing your thoughts can be difficult, especially when you don't have the [.]

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Work flexibility: Unconventional arrangements are here to stay

BMT Office Administration

Like many people, Molly initially felt unsure about remote work during the pandemic. Without fellow team members around, she worried about lonely days and feared being stuck without assistance if a problem came up. As time passed, however, Molly started noticing the positives of telecommuting.

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Are Productivity Paranoia And Lack Of Trust The Real Obstacles To Hybrid And Remote Work?

Allwork

Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. .

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Episode 444: Laura Vanderkam talks about Tranquility by Tuesday

Productivityist

. Join Laura Vanderkam and I having an easy and interesting conversation about Time Management.

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Ep 187: Jamie Vanek on Restoring Respectability to the Assistant Role

GoBurrowAssistants

Jamie Vanek made the unexpected career leap from teaching to construction in 2007 and discovered a passion for project management and team leadership.

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Napoleon Hill’s 28 Self-Analysis Questions

Success

Annual self-analysis is an essential in the effective marketing of personal services, much as the annual inventory is essential to merchandising. Moreover, the yearly analysis should disclose a decrease in faults and an increase in virtues. One goes ahead, stands still or goes backward in life.

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