No Budget for Training? Do It Yourself
Today’s article is a guest post from Wendy Stoneman. In my time with my current employer, I’ve been involved in training a few of our new admins. At some point in their first year they generally ask about training. Can they get some sort of training to improve their skills in a particular software program [...]
My Job Changed, Why Not My Title
I hear the lament over and over, not just in the administrative support field, but in just about every field and industry I know. It happens all the time. The Job Changes When you start a new job, you usually get a job description. We all know, though, that jobs have a tendency to change [...]
Becoming a Project Manager
While being an Administrative or Executive Assistant is, for many of us, a career goal in itself, many assistants desire to grow into other careers. One job I’ve personally seen a number of assistants grow into is Project Management. What Is Project Management Project Management, in a nutshell, is about planning, organizing and managing the [...]
Tips for a Successful Business as a Virtual Assistant
Tips for finding success as a virtual assistant.
Get a $50 Amazon Gift Card with OfficeArrow Bronze Membership
I’ve talked about OfficeArrow before and what a great community it is for Administrative Professionals. Well, in honor of Administrative Professional’s Day, OfficeArrow is giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card to the first 100 people who purchase a Bronze membership. With the cost for Bronze only $99, that means you are getting the membership [...]
Ask the Admin: Measurable Goals for Assistants
This question comes from Keira: My boss has recently asked me to write a set of measurable goals for her based on my responsibilities but I’m not sure how to go about it – how can I measure what I do on a daily basis (answer phones, field emails/calls, event management/planning) etc? It’s often difficult [...]
Learn Office 2007 with Ribbon Hero
One of the biggest problems with Office 2007 is that the interface of the programs is very different from previous versions of Office. Tasks you can usually do with your eyes closed have become absurdly hard in 2007 simply because we have to relearn the interface. Once you figure out the interface, you’ll find that [...]
Ask the Admin: Becoming a Virtual Assistant
I received this e-mail from Andrea: On my personal day off, I’ve been thinking about leaving my cubicle assistant job–where I’m basically working as assistant for a bank via a real-estate holding company–and making it a start-up business for myself. I want to become a virtual admin assistant with an added value of research assistant [...]
Ask the Admin – What More Do I Need?
I received this e-mail from Kathy: I have a AA in Business Administration with a concentration in management, a bookkeeping diploma and a administrative assistant diploma and I still have a hard time getting an administrative assistant job. As for experience I would say i have the bear minimum because of where I live. What [...]
Mentoring a Young Executive
At some point in your career, you are going to be working for someone who has never had an assistant before. One of the toughest, but most rewarding, jobs an Administrative or Executive Assistant can have is helping a young executive learn how to partner with an assistant. Understanding the Need to Delegate In my [...]
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