EA | PA Prive - Part 4

Dec 10, 2013

Transform Your Weakness into Strengths

Click here if you need advice with personal assistant interview questions or PA interview questions. The question every job applicant dreads is “what are your weaknesses?” If you’re uncomfortable answering this question, join the club. We all have our own personal weaknesses. For some of us, these weaknesses are caused by the lack of a skill or certain knowledge. Other weaknesses come down to our personalities. Some people are shy, overconfident or temperamental. Growth begins when we begin to accept our weaknesses. ~Jean Vanier Asses yourself. Look into yourself. Check yourself. What are your strong points? These refer to some tasks that ...

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Dec 10, 2013

Top Tips for Running a Conference Call

Let’s face it, conference call are even more of a necessity in many industries today. When managed properly, they are an effective means of communication and a valuable business tool because they decrease travel costs and increase the speed of decisions. Below are some of the key tips on how to run a proper conference call. Click here for our guide on how to improve communication skills E-mail a meeting reminder about a week in advance that includes an agenda with time limits, the call’s objectives and the call-in number. Dial in on time or a few minutes early, if you ...

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Dec 10, 2013

Tips to Keeping Your Office Clean and Professional

It’s all about habits. It’s so easy to get lazy and let things grow untidy. If needed, put a note on your desk or in your digital calendar to remind yourself that you must take 15 minutes to clean up your desk and put everything away. Check out our PA Privé careers page for personal assistant jobs, London PA jobs and more. Organise those wires. Some pieces of velcro wrapped around wires can go a long ways toward cleaning things up. Also make sure that you have wires that are long enough to tuck out of the way. Filing System. Having ...

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Dec 10, 2013

The Best Apps to Help You Boost Concentration

While technology has made it much more possible to get things done quickly and efficiently, it has not necessarily made it easier. In fact, the progress of technology has served as a bit of a double-edged sword. The following is a list of useful apps to help you stay focus and productive. Check out these useful article> 12 tips on how to stay focused at work and get things done Click here if you need advice with personal assistant interview questions or PA interview questions. Concentrate (For Mac, paid) Concentrate is a utility designed to help you focus by getting rid of ...

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Dec 10, 2013

12 Tips on How to Stay Focused at Work and Get Things Done

Modern life is full of distractions. Our lives are constantly being interrupted by notifications, computer screens and social networks, and it is easy to whittle away the hours procrastinating. Staying focused at work isn’t easy; all of us get distracted or feel uninspired at some point during the working day. I found some good apps to improve your focus> http://pa-prive.com/the-best-apps-to-help-you-boost-concentration/ There are lots of ways to stay productive at work and here are my top tips to help you stay focused while at your desk, ensuring you get all your work done on time. Click through to also find out how ...

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Dec 10, 2013

Popular Outlook Tips & Tricks to Improve Productivity

Outlook offers some powerful features for managing your e-mail, meetings, and contacts. The problem is, it offers so much that learning to use it all efficiently can take time. Some options are buried several menus deep. Others just aren’t as intuitive as they should be. Below is an outline of Outlook tips that will assist you in maximising productivity: Click here for our guide on how to improve communication skills Public Holidays. If you don’t want to miss public holidays, Outlook can automatically add them to your calendar and it has nearly 100 different locations to choose from. To enable this, simply ...

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Optimizing your Linkedin Profile

Click through if you need advice with personal assistant interview questions or PA interview questions. Create a custom profile URL/ Vanity URL Usually, your unique LinkedIn URL will contain gibberish letters and numbers. Change it to your full name – if that’s taken, try recognizable iterations of your name. The goal is to get a URL that is immediately identified as yours. Upload profile picture Use a high resolution profile picture with a simple background. Optimize Your Headline Adding keywords to your headline that you want to be associated with can improve your searchability within LinkedIn and beyond. Your Name ...

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Dec 10, 2013

How to Be Optimistic in Through Times

Life certainly has its fair share of ups and downs, but if you tend to focus too much on the negative, it can affect everything you do. A recent Harvard study found that optimists have lower blood pressure levels, heart disease rates and more. If you’re on the look out for a job, check out our PA Privé careers page for personal assistant jobs, London PA jobs and more. Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us. ~Earl Nightingale Always remember the life you have got is the only one and the time which once passed away will never ...

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Dec 10, 2013

14 Tips for a More Motivated Workforce

Click here for our guide on how to stay positive through tough times. Having a tailored engagement strategy ensures employees are motivated to deliver results for themselves and for the Organization. Study found that nothing engages workers more than making progress in meaningful work. Numerous surveys have shown that only a third of UK workers feel engaged with their job, a figure which places us ninth for engagement levels out of the twelve largest economies. Experts believe this contributes directly to lower levels of productivity in the UK, where output per worker is 15% lower than the rest of ...

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Nov 18, 2013

Top 13 Corporate Christmas Party Themes

It’s almost time for the Christmas office party. Selecting activities for a company Christmas party might be the most difficult aspect of party planning. You will have to create a solid plan in advance. At least a month before the occasion, you need to decide on the theme. Check out our PA Privé careers page for personal assistant jobs, London PA jobs and more. Depending on the scale of the event, there are many suitable corporate Christmas party themes. Some of the most popular company Christmas party ideas include: Ugliest Christmas Jumper Everyone owns that one ugly Christmas ...

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