Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 19, 2017

So we asked our attendees what they thought about their career paths, skills development, performance reviews , and any other developmental aspects of their jobs. Look out for and take advantage of networking events and skills development wherever possible. The PA learning curve can be very steep, and the role can be demanding.

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All Things Admin

MAY 31, 2023

Administrative professionals who are constantly innovating, willing to embrace AI instead of fearing it, and doing their best to learn and grow with the changing times and technologies are not at risk of being replaced by AI. Focus on the skills AI can’t replace. Does it sound harsh? Maybe…but it’s the truth.

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All Things Admin

APRIL 17, 2024

Teamwork : Our project management tools integrate with email, Dropbox, Slack, and a variety of other applications providing a centralized platform for project management, communication, and file sharing. We can send project updates via email, and they stay threaded on the appropriate task lists for future reference.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 8, 2022

Communication Skills. Project Management. Writing Skills. It’s not necessary to include everything you’ve ever done; your main goal is to showcase your skills. Every admin needs a way to demonstrate their skills and shine a spotlight on their accomplishments. © 2022 Julie Perrine International, LLC.

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C-Suite Assistants

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Hiring executive assistants tends to be a decision around the skills they already possess and upskilling that could take place as they carry out their day-to-day tasks. Generally, most executive assistants are well-versed in time management and some technical and writing skills, but the brunt of their experience is on-the-job training.

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Worxbee

JUNE 14, 2021

Succession planning is all about protecting the future of your company, so that you can keep key skills and talent coming up through your pipeline. It’s about identifying the crucial skills and knowledge your company needs to keep going, as well as key relationships and organizational practices. Why you need a succession plan for EAs.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 26, 2023

​Whether you’re using it for travel planning, procedures development, project management, or just basic notetaking, OneNote is one of the most dynamic software programs out there for administrative professionals. The Learning Doesn’t Stop Here! With OneNote, there’s always more to learn.

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C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Read on to learn about how else an executive assistant can help you navigate through a changing, fast-paced startup environment. Some of the tasks that executive assistants can take on include: Become your right-hand gatekeeper by managing complex personal and professional calendars and scheduling internal and external meetings.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

Whether it’s finding the right caterer, meeting global counterparts from international office locations or brushing off your creative skills to whip up a spiffy PowerPoint presentation, you love tackling projects outside of your job scope (and even get excited at the opportunity!). Always In the Know.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 4, 2023

This simple assessment asks you a series of questions in order to identify your preferences for managing time and space. If you haven’t already taken it, I encourage you to do so – because once you learn to work with your preferences instead of against them, your job gets a lot easier. © 2023 Julie Perrine International, LLC.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Use this assessment for assistants as a tool to measure your skill level. Several years ago I was preparing for my first annual review with my new executive, Joan Burge, Founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International. It’s exactly what I needed to measure my own skill level. Manager Support. Office Communication.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 2, 2015

A lot of Job Specs tend to focus on a standard set of skills rather than the actual responsibilities. It is imperative to be proactive about self-promotion in order to showcase your skills, achievements and personal brand. We lighten the load for executives and are vital members of any executive management team.

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BioTeams

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Enterprises are required to nurture internal processes that work in sync like ecosystems to encourage front line intelligence to feed ideas through to management so that services, products, processes and teamwork ensues collaboratively to deliver benefits to the Value Chain. Innovation happens in many places and has many faces.

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Worxbee

MARCH 29, 2021

but the reality is an EA isn’t a stereotypical secretary-type role, it’s the role of a skilled and committed professional. A career executive assistant has skills that are more advanced than your average assistant. An executive assistant, on the other hand, often takes more of a project management role.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

A job seeker would be looking for jobs that match their qualifications and skills. We are a firm believer in distinguishing between good-to-have skills and must-have skills. Marketing Manager Requirements and Skills: A bachelor's degree and master's degree in marketing, business administration.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 27, 2015

I sometimes would like to be a project manager or be able to take decisions. I do have a lot of ideas and projects in mind and I just see myself as the pa of… It still feels like the old just an assistant sometimes when we might know more about the business as a whole than anyone else. The Assist Conference was born!

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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. How do you make the transition internally? – ” LEARN MORE …. ” LEARN MORE …. 3: How do you make the transition internally?

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All Things Admin

MARCH 11, 2024

Some think the learning curve is too steep; others believe that the emerging technology will eventually replace them, and they don’t want to speed up what they see as an inevitable “rise of the robots.” Other popular project management tools include Asana, Basecamp, Trello, ClickUp, and Monday.com.

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Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Previously, we were limited to hiring based on a broad skill set available in the Bay Area, our former headquarters,” he says. So instead of our team learning these skills over time, the new hires were already ready to jump into our tech platform and start building, because they knew how to do so.”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I have heard of EAs working for successful international corporations and earning a very large salary. State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager. Even asking to intern, shadow, or be mentored by someone well respected is a great first step.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. 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! Hi Patricia: What an encouraging message this is.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

One of the more labor-intensive procedures my team and I use covers how we add new courses to our learning management system. Asana or Teamwork : For project management with detailed documentation capabilities. But not everyone learns the same way. This learning style is best suited to “traditional” procedures.)

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

We also possess a unique set of skills, many of which are transferable into lots of different disciplines. Oh yes PAs are no doubt equipped with a much broader skill set than most people (and maybe you) would give you credit for. My first true events project was for an internal communications conference and summer party for 200 people.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 24, 2017

We also possess a unique set of skills, many of which are transferable into lots of different disciplines. Oh yes PAs are no doubt equipped with a much broader skill set than most people (and maybe you) would give you credit for. My first true events project was for an internal communications conference and summer party for 200 people.

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Allwork

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Allwork.Space spoke to Coworking Nativo Event Director Vika Zhurbas — who is also DNI.events Project Manager at Workcloud24 and the President of the Ukrainian Coworking Association — and some of her colleagues in the sector to discover more about Portugal’s burgeoning coworking industry. 2010 to 2020 was an exciting but intense period.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA.

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Who's the Real Boss?

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It’s a given though, that as the years have gone by that they have obtained more experience, and been exposed to greater responsibilities, as they’ve developed internally. your hobbies, schooling, technical skills etc). But I know that this is a generational thing that can be hard for the older generations to grasp.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

And youve been following all the best career advice and job search tips youve read, heard, learned, and developed. If it is a project management position, prepare a project status review presentation or the like…you get the idea. Youve been networking your little tail off.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Yes I have taken numerous courses to assist with my role both internal office courses and external professional courses. Yes, I have taken job-specific software classes, classes to learn organizational and people skills, and took computer certification classes which I was not aware I needed coming right out of high school.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2015

By Joan Burge, Founder and CEO, Office Dynamics International. It’s important to recognize the difference between surviving and thriving, because the key to success is available to those who successfully manage to cross the bandwidth between the two. Demonstrate your leadership skills. What’s in a name?

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Who's the Real Boss?

MAY 4, 2019

If you’re in that horrible position of wanting to avoid your boss at all costs, it can not only impact your performance and your willingness to deliver on the tasks you’re given, but it also can affect your ongoing skill set and unfortunately your brand.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 17, 2010

Ultra-competitive international search terms can attract thousands of competitors, each as skilled and ruthless as the next. From offshore hackers to dedicated corporate SEO experts, the number of players vying for a spot in some of the most competitive international search arenas can be truly staggering.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

You 'll learn my most cringe worthy moment, tips, and a little about me as a person. But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 18, 2011

  My team was highly educated and highly skilled.    One thing I learned back then was that there was not a one-size-fits-all approach to motivating my team.  In fact "Keep learning to keep growing" is on my vision board. And I ALWAYS learn something new from them! Thanks to Shannon Truax.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry saw COVID-19 as an opportunity to form Righteous Uplifting Nourishing International, a global nonprofit organization whose message is to change lives one soul at a time. Tarrent-Arthur and Helen Cummings-Henry. Coaches, trainers, speakers, teachers. Tom and Lisa Bilyeu. Co-founders, hosts.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

I would like to say that it was a sudden enlightenment, an internal breakthrough which led me to an epiphany, but it wasn’t. Facts Analysis When you analyze facts, you leave away the internal “fog”. Stage Two: Growing Skills and Sensors After the assessment, you start to actually invest. I know that first hand. Of course I do.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Learn to say "no" sometimes! Saying "NO" Is An Important Time Management Technique Learn to say NO! You could try EFT or the Sedona Method, or a simple, easy to learn and use exercise called.you guessed it: Dissolving Overwhelm. Don't fill your calendar to the max. Wash The Overwhelm Away!

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