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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.
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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.
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There are innumerable programs, websites, and online tools to help make your job easier. We’ll review and recommend the best ones for assistants.
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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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Seraphic Society - a secret club just for assistants…
August 31, 2009 at 03:45 PM | (1) Comments

imageJennifer Reingold, a writer for Fortune Magazine, recently wrote an article about the Seraphic Society (.pdf); a secretive club of assistants to high profile CEO’s… and membership is by invitation only.

The article is an interesting read that gets to the heart of the working relationship between a high profile CEO and their assistant. Like the CEO, the CEO’s assistant position can be just as lonely since you’re privy to the confidential information and company “goings-on” well in advance of the other assistants and employees as a whole.

As the top assistant at our firm, I experience this first hand. Having this information and keeping it confidential is one of the most important aspects of the position.

The article also chronicles the Seraphic Society; how and where it started and where it stands today. Although this is a “members-only-by-invitation” club with strict membership requirements, you could find a similar support system locally or by joining ProAssisting with our member only forum.  The goal being to create enough connections where you know you can get the support, advice and answers to your questions from trusted sources in a timely fashion.

With the advent of social media, these types of interactions are going to be more commonplace and easier to maintain as technology further expands in our lives. Enjoy the article, it’s worth the read. Photo Credit: Aleera

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ProAssisting in the news
August 25, 2009 at 11:38 AM | (3) Comments

Wanted everyone to see the profile that J.T. O’Donnell over at Careerealism, a career centric blog and site, did of ProAssisting. In her article, she focuses on how the job of being an assistant is like that of being an apprentice of years past and how ProAssisting is one way you can get executive and admin assistant training needed to succeed. She gets some quotes in there from yours truly and we’re thrilled she highlighted us on her site.

Then, as luck would have it, her article was mentioned over at Bnet, the go-to place for management, with them asking the question, ”Being an Assistant: Launching pad or dead end?”... needless to say, we don’t believe that being an assistant is a “dead end” but the article does ask some good questions and points out some industries where being promoted from the assistant position isn’t as realistic as others.

Both are great reads and we’re glad to be part of the conversation. 

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What We Can’t Teach You - Blog Series Part 2
August 19, 2009 at 03:45 PM | (0) Comments

To Have Manners

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Having manners is something that we won’t be able to teach you… you know, things like:

“Please”

“Thank You”

“Excuse Me”

“I’d appreciate it…”

And…

“Your Welcome”

Manners, if you’re lucky, were instilled in you at a very early age by your parents or another adult figure in your life.  Manners are important and in the working world, especially the world of assistants, because manners help you influence people, get what you need and win the game.

But, let’s not forget, winning the game, getting what you want and influencing people is NOT the reason that you should have manners and use the above sayings to express those manners. No, you should use manners and be polite because it feels good.

Don’t believe me? Try it.

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The Recession Proof Graduate
August 17, 2009 at 02:28 PM | (3) Comments

The below is a presentation put together by Charlie Hoehn (who I found via Seth Godin) and it’s a very interesting look at how to recession proof yourself… especially if you’re a recent college grad who want to break into an industry of your choosing.

Now be warned, this isn’t a one shot, easy-as-pie, walk-in-the-park solution to all of your career woes but it does have some great strategies for how to look at your potential career and then how to go about getting it.  AND, if you are a recent college grad with no “full on” responsibilities, this type of work CAN be had… especially where we find ourselves now: in a recession.

Take a look and let us know what you think below in the comments.  Enjoy.

Recession-Proof Graduate
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