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Interpersonal Skills

Communication only becomes more critical as your career advances. Fine-tune those communications skills for phenomenal performance.
Organization

Ever hear of a fantastic disorganized assistant? Neither have we. Get the tools and tactics you need to stay organized and on the ball in your assisting duties.
Stress Management

Keeping a cool head in a crisis is one of the most oft-neglected essential skills of an assistant. Learn how to keep stress at bay so you can rise above.
Technology

There are innumerable programs, websites, and online tools to help make your job easier. We’ll review and recommend the best ones for assistants.
Tricks of the Trade

Take the shortcut to gaining years of experience by getting our Cliffs notes version of what we’ve learned from our 20 years in assistant positions.
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Our “Best Of” Blog Content
December 22, 2010 at 02:00 PM | (2) Comments

After going through all of our blog content from the last year and a half, we thought it would be a good idea to take some of our best posts and content and share them in a “best of” blog post… so here we go:

General Assisting Blog Posts

Wanna know what the number 1 rule of being an assistant is?  We tell you right here.

What does your career have to do with pizza? You can read part 1 and then part 2 to find out!

What can’t we teach you? You can find out here in this three part blog series.

Want to be a virtual assistant? You can listen to an interview from a VA coach in this post.

Assisting in Hollywood

Listen to Ethan present “Hollywood 101” to UW students at this post.

How much do Hollywood assistants get paid?  We tell you here.

Why you should work for a tough boss... we include this in the Hollywood section because most bosses in Hollywood are tough.

Specific Assistant Tips, Tricks and Tools

Email triage - find out what it is and how it can help you.

Plans. Always. Change. so be prepared for it.

Under promise + Over-deliver = Success - something we can all live by.

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It’s a BOY!
December 03, 2010 at 03:28 PM | (4) Comments

Wyatt Ethan BullStephanie and I are very proud to announce our son, Wyatt Bull.

Wyatt was born on 11/5/10, weighed in at 7 pounds 11ounces and was 20.75 inches long.

It has been a real joy to get to know him over the last 4 weeks and he’s doing great.  We think he’s taking it easy on us because he knows we’re newbie parents.

Thanks for all of the well wishes and we’d like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy holiday season!

 

 

 


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Tips for Being a Good Boss & An Update
October 26, 2010 at 02:50 PM | (3) Comments

being a good bossA member of ours recently read our white paper, “Defining Assistant Excellence” (.pdf format) and suggested that we create a white paper for bosses entitled “Defining Executive Excellence” that might help bosses create a better working relationship with their assistants.

We think that’s a great idea but given everything that’s going on in our lives right now -see update below-, I thought I’d give a couple of tips right here that will help even the toughest boss create a great working relationship with their assistant.

Before I go into those tips though, please note that these are just a general overview of what we (both Ethan and I) feel help us perform at a high level for our bosses.  They are both great bosses but there has been a give and take aspect of getting to know each others quarks that take time to smooth out when starting out as an assistant.  Tensions sometimes run high in both the finance and advertising worlds where we both work, but in general, these three characteristics that our bosses possess go a long way to creating a strong working relationship.

And the best part?  Any boss can employ these tactics real quick… so here they are:

1. When bosses use “Please” and “Thank You”, they go a long way in creating a solid working relationship with their assistant that will make their assistants want to bend over backwards and go above-and-beyond to please you.

2. When bosses set the rules and then sticks to them without changing them or their preferences from one instance to the next, they create a trusting relationship that is needed between boss and assistant.

3. When bosses understand that there are “uncontrollable” situations and don’t take instances that are beyond their assistant’s control against them will again create an endearing relationship where your assistant will tell you like it is but also work hard to come up with unique and out-of-the-box solutions to the particular “uncontrollable” situation.

What do you think?... If you have any additions to this list, please put them in the comments.

**UPDATE**

Now for an update to our BIG NEWS post:  I’ve got about a week and a half until my due date and my Doctor is going to induce if we reach the due date sooooo… Baby Bull should be entering the world pretty dang soon!

In terms of sex of the baby, we kinda went the unconventional route with Ethan knowing the sex and me not… pretty crazy and I was certain that he was going to spill the beans at some point but here we are a week and a half out and he still hasn’t… I’m amazed.  The baby’s room is all ready and getting that done has put us both at ease.  Sadie has been spending time in there sniffing everything out (she’s our dog if you’re a new reader) and we’re sure she’s going to be amazing with Baby Bull.

Anyway, that’s about it… Ethan will update the blog with all the details when Baby Bull enters the world… needless to say, I image I’m going to be a wee bit pooped when all is said and done so please bear with us if we don’t get back to your emails right away… we’re here, just a little bogged down.  And of course, Ethan will stay on top of any questions coming his way via the forum or email for our paying members.

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Some Useful Links
September 21, 2010 at 06:48 PM | (0) Comments

Believe it or not, we are not the only website out there dedicated to career development, job searching and work/life balance. I know, crazy, right?

As we get ready to launch our program on May 5th, we’ve been interacting with and commenting on a number of different sites that we think might be helpful to you in addition to ProAssisting:

Expat - Justlanded.com is a great resource for anyone looking to study abroad.
GED: Learn and meet your educational goals at your own pace. Obtain your GED with Franklin Virtual Schools.
Business Loans Within 72 hours with no application fee required, MerchantLoans.com has a wide variety of business loans available.

We’ll be posting new links as we come across them but that list above will get you started. Trust us, they all rock.

 

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