Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 28, 2016

A skill that is super important for assistants to master. How do you work out what is important information and what is really just office gossip? This is an obvious but under used skill. Read all of the newsletters, bulletins and company emails that pass by your desk. Ask lots of questions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 28, 2008

Of course, you have to present yourself well, answer the interview questions properly, have the skills and knowledge of the position you are applying for and a few other factors that help you get the job. We both had similar skills, education, etc. The hiring manager told me that he was debating between hiring me and another person.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 22, 2012

b) I tell him it wasn’t my fault and then later, gossip with my co-workers about how much I hate him. Build your professional communication skills by reading the following articles: How to Ask for What You Want, Need and Deserve at Work. It appears you have some very professional communication skills. Email this to a friend?

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

She thinks it would be a good opportunity for you to learn some new skills and do some networking. Do you want to grow and develop your skills? Your constant workplace gossip is going to get you in trouble quickly if you don’t cut it out. Remember that gossip is incredibly harmful and unproductive. Email this to a friend?

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 23, 2007

In relation to teaching organizational skills as well as skills in word processing and accounting, Bryant & Stratton College recently announced the launch of its new online Associate of Administrative Assistant ([link] degree program.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2007

This is definitely good for sharing ideas and skills among teammates and other departments. We share ideas, skills and even ask guest speakers to provide up-to-date information and trends on what we need for our careers. Internal blogging refers to employees writing blogs that are stored on an intranet or company server.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Discuss your skill set, experience and abilities in a confident manner. Here are 4 of the most difficult interview questions that companies will ask and ways to tackle them: Where do you see yourself in X number of years? Talk about what you feel is important to you in a professional manner and describe how you will meet these goals.

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Combating misinformation at work First things first, empowering your team with critical thinking skills is an essential step and comes from good leadership. Additionally, in line with this psychological phenomenon, workplaces can witness ‘grapevine communication,’ the discourse of “he/she said X” getting filtered through the team.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This leads to gossip and politics, often just below the surface of what looks like a happy and positive culture. Because of the skill and attention to detail that comes naturally to them more than to the other two types, Fixers can become the embodiment of excellence. Ask to be removed from the cc field on email threads.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Seminars for Professional Assistants By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity A re you looking to improve your skills and catch up with the latest office trends ? Are you trying to get that raise or promotion that you so well deserve?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills. Event Planning: Event planning is a big industry that looks for people who are skilled in planning big events without a hitch. One of our main duties is to keep our bosses organized.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Over time, you will get the hang of dealing with difficult people and will become easier and easier each time. Eventually, you will get just a little annoyed and brush it off. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Skilled writing the key. This will help readers put a face to the writer. Post regularly. Keeping your readers up-to-date and information about current information on your company or topic will make them ask for more. Dont allow for spelling and grammar errors.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 27, 2010

In order to effectively deal with the backstabbers, stubborn, mean-spirited, micromanagers, gossips, and the host of others that make the list, we must evaluate our own perceptions of these people. Enter your email address in the ‘subscribe’ field on this page to get automatic updates from the Office Professionals Place Blog.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Low and behold, there was an email waiting for me from Nancy with several samples of her work! Just like nail biting or gossip, whining is a bad habit - nothing more - and all bad habits can be broken. This keeps us fresh and our skills top notch. I was back in Nevada that same night – I got in around 6:45. So quit it.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Low and behold, there was an email waiting for me from Nancy with several samples of her work! Just like nail biting or gossip, whining is a bad habit - nothing more - and all bad habits can be broken. This keeps us fresh and our skills top notch. I was back in Nevada that same night – I got in around 6:45. So quit it.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 24, 2011

This is a skill I learned when I became a coach. Do you like email, phone or in-person conversation best?). This is not a gossip fest or a vent session. Email this to a friend? You’re looking for someone who cares about you but won’t be afraid to challenge you if needed. Design the Alliance. Every day, once a week, etc.).

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Stay away from email! Last week, after VMoxie hit the blogosphere, I got email from Jennifer who wanted to know HOW to find the thing that lights her up inside so that she can begin moving in that direction. Turns out that in that first email, she TOLD me what that was. Speed is the enemy of many good things. On Justin Bieber.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Although I did have the skills and experience, I wasnt sure employers would view the move as a social disconnect. I feel as if I have created a historic moment within the company, by (most likely) becoming its first male administrative assistant. At first, I was a little worried about becoming an administrative assistant.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I had a few jobs where I would write content for marketing material and I think doing this meant I could use some of my creative skills at work. But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. That inspires me to write this free blog!

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I had a few jobs where I would write content for marketing material and I think doing this meant I could use some of my creative skills at work. But I do wonder how many of us actually take the time to develop our skills because we don’t think we are worth the cost to the employer. That inspires me to write this free blog!

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Any co-worker checking social media notifications instead of reading employee emails qualifies as online procrastination. Examples include: Gossiping with co-workers. For instance, an employee may spend all day sorting and filing their emails instead of outlining and working on a project that has closely approaching due dates.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

The worst time to write an email is when you are angry. I wouldnt recommend talking about a co-worker with someone at the office or it ends up being gossip and spreads a bad feeling about that person. This happens with e-mail as well. My boss calls these types of e-mails "crankograms." 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! This is where a strong assistant team is nice to have.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live. So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. Because she didn’t understand that I had real business skill, you know, I have learned this, I am not just here because I’m a pretty face.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

I was so excited to see your email and as I read it, I thought it would eventually end on a high note. However, to shed some light on culture and the business world for any readers who are young, new to EA work, or going through the same thing, I want to address your email in its entirety. I will definitely answer your question.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 31, 2012

Secondly, how do we have effective working relationships with our team when they know that we are privy to information that may concern them and lastly how do we maintain this trust when other members of staff are spreading office gossip? Office Gossip. How do I do this?

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 22, 2010

Use it to build your knowledge and your skills but pave your own path and create a unique space no one else has or will create before you. The Attitude: The tango community can be quite the political, social, and gossip mega circle. It is easy to rate and rank the dancers and choose only to dance with the best leaders or followers.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 25, 2010

Here are the five things you should consider stop doing to free up more time or more focus toward productivity: [ A workbook to Develop the problem-solving skills of employees: The A3 Workbook: Unlock Your Problem-Solving Mind ]. Stop Replying To Emails You’re CC’d In. Your email will remain private. “ 2.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

We heard gossip about all kinds of amazing things in this fantastic second edition release of the Write for the Web ebook, like: • 85+ pages of brand-new, fresh, never-before-read-by-human-eyes (we don’t count James) content, all of it designed to help you become the biggest, baddest web writer the Internet ever did see. Vicious lies.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. They spend minutes and minutes blocking the road just to tell how smarter and skilled they are, and how stupid the other guy is. Great post. Stay Motivated!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

You have to be disciplined with money, a skill many writers don’t have. I’ve also done the freelancing thing–learning to market myself, developing my money management skills and learned to juggle. I have to admit that freelancing can get a little lonely. Smoke breaks with friends. This is a biggie. Leave a Comment!

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. You should not spend your time in small tasks: Spending is here the key word. You should not spend time, never. Rajesh : Very good list and i lked it.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Small tasks that may imply you are spending your time are constant mail checking, gossiping with your work mates, being in your kids play checking your iPhone. You should not spend your time in small tasks: Spending is here the key word. You should not spend time, never. Rajesh : Very good list and i lked it.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. I’ve always been fascinated by the digital world, but never been interested in build a career on top of it.

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