Online Executive and Admin Assistant Training

November 02, 2009 at 01:27 PM | (1) Comments

Trying to get Ethan to dress up for Halloween is NEVER an easy task but when I suggested that we go a Mr. & Mrs. Don Draper from Mad Men (one of our favorite shows BTW), he was up for it! Below is a pic of us taken in the lobby of our building before we headed out and the rest are some snaps that I took as we watched the World Series in a bar at the corner of Allen and Stanton in Manhattan… we had a blast!

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ProAssisting partners with IngBoo for Link services!

October 28, 2009 at 03:57 PM | (1) Comments

Go ahead, click this button.

If you’ve been to our site before, you might notice that recently we added this button to our sidebar. It’s a button that will take you to IngBoo where we have put together a specific grouping of links for assistants and anyone currently looking for a job. This is a great new tech company that is really making all of the information on the web (RSS feeds, constantly updated sites, etc.) much easier for you to consume and stay on top of.

Here’s how I explain it in a press release (.pdf) that we’re putting out:

“With all the different websites that have job postings out there, trying to stay on top of them on a daily basis takes a lot of time and energy”, said Ethan Bull, CEO and Co-founder of ProAssisting. “With IngBoo, you input your information for each of these job search sites once and then you’re updated how and when you prefer when new job listings are added to your search criteria. Given the economic climate, searching for assistant positions is a big concern for a majority of our members and readers. By partnering with IngBoo, we’re giving them a tool that completely simplifies searching for assistant positions in their specific location and makes sure they won’t miss any new postings if they don’t happen to check a particular job search site that day.”

Pretty cool, huh? To be honest, I don’t read RSS feeds—I know, we have RSS on our site but I, personally, don’t read them—and I’ve found that IngBoo provides the best of both worlds; you get to decide how and when you want your information delivered to you and you don’t have to go back to sites again and again to stay on top of constantly changing information.

Click the button above or on our sidebar, give IngBoo a look and then leave a comment here should you find this service useful… we think you will.

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ProAssisting Site Update

October 20, 2009 at 03:43 PM | (1) Comments

We’ve got a lot of things cookin’ behind the scenes at ProAssisting which we will be filling you in on over the 2-3 weeks.

But before we could begin to announce the partnerships we’ve been working on, we wanted to “spiff” up our site a bit…

So, if you’ve been here before, you’ll notice that our home page has a new “hero banner” (that’s what designers call it, I kid not!) with our pad, pen and desk chair! What do you think?

Also, you’ll notice that our enrollment page has been totally revamped to make signing up for ProAssisting an easy and seamless process!

We’re thrilled with these changes and with the partnerships that we’ll be announcing real soon. In the mean time, will you let us know what you think of this re-design in the comments below?

Thanks for reading,
Ethan & Steph

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Off Topic: Sadie Bull

October 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM | (4) Comments

Bernese Mountain Dog Sadie Bull Hi everyone, Steph here… Ethan has the day off today!

I know I haven’t been contributing to our blog here as much as Ethan and to be honest, I’ve been slammed at work; you know, my real job—working as an executive/personal assistant for a top hedge fund executive—and I just don’t feel like blogging about assisting or the tools and techniques of assisting since I’m neck deep in it all day, every day.

So that brings us to why I’m posting today… instead of contributing to this blog from an assistant perspective (I might still every now and then but mostly not), I’m going to be sharing bits and pieces about what Ethan, Sadie and I are doing when we’re not working (either at our “day jobs” or for ProAssisting). You see, this little company of ours is just that, the three of us (Sadie provides the moral support) trying to help current or future assistants shine in their jobs and get the career they want and deserve but since we’re just a “Mom and Pop” shop, we do have another story to tell too… about our dog, our trips and anything else that we think you might like to hear about.

And that’s where my blogging comes in… I’m going to be sharing pics, stories and maybe some video—mostly of Sadie—that give you a peek into who we are behind ProAssisting. Ethan has added a new category, which you can find down at the bottom of our blog, called “Off Topic” where my little tidbits about us will be shared.

That brings us to the pic of Sadie in this post… it was taken last night. I was getting a bone out for her and Ethan snapped the shot… she’s ready and waiting with great anticipation, as you can tell, and I thought you might get a kick out of it.

Anyway, that’s it for now… I’ll chime in when I have something to say that DOESN’T have anything to do with assisting and hopefully it will put a smile on your face.

Thanks for reading,
-Steph