PA Career Insight

Aug 11, 2015

A PA’s Guide to Confidentiality

As a PA or EA, your ability to handle confidential subjects, issues, emails and documents is essential. And increasingly, PAs are asked in job interviews how they approach the issue of confidentiality. This guide offers insider knowledge that will help you to handle all things confidential with confidence. Confidential emails and digital files The issue of confidentiality is especially pertinent when it comes to handling emails and electronic documents. You’ll probably have access to your manager’s emails, and in most cases, you’re probably the first port-of-call in reading them and responding on their behalf. Here’s how you ...

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Jun 29, 2015

8 Steps to Managing a Crisis at Work

Work is a place like every other and like good things, bad things can happen as well. The worst thing you can do when crisis happens is to blame someone else. Even if that someone is to blame. When things go downhill, it can be the right time for you to prove your skills, resourcefulness, compassion and calmness. These four qualities can make the difference between an employee who does his job and an employee who is leader material. But to take responsibility does not mean that you should dig deep and hide silently while waiting for your computer to ...

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Feb 20, 2015

18 Effective Qualities to Become an Effective Team Leader

Some say great leaders are born, not made. And while there are some born leaders, many more have honed their leadership skills through extensive practice. So, if you’re not a born leader, but want to learn how to be, this article will show you what you need to do to become the most effective leader you can be. What Skills Make a Leader Stand Out From the Crowd? Great leaders learn every day – from everyone A leader is an effective listener Leaders embrace the past when planning for the future Leaders help everyone feel like part of ...

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Jun 6, 2014

10 Tasks You Can Do As a Virtual Assistant

There are a lot of tasks that a virtual assistant can do from home to shave ours from the employer’s workweek. The number of virtual assistants are growing. They can work with a contract or freelance doing administrative jobs similarly to an executive assistant or a secretary. Vendor and customer service calls to sending out thank you cards to prospective clients are other activities performed by virtual assistants. Here’s a list of tasks that can be delegated to them: Click through for more PAs career advice. Bookkeeping: Keeping tabs on bills and other bookkeeping matters can be one of the ...

Jun 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

Apr 3, 2014

Top 20 Tips to Achieve Your Career Goals

We spend so much time and energy at work, that it would be a waste if we didn’t at least make the effort to set out achieving career goals. You must take complete control over every part of your life and create your own future. You must leave nothing to chance. Luck or hard work? When some people achieve great success faster than others, they are immediately accused of having “good luck” and rarely get credit for their hard work. When people make a mess of their lives, largely due to their own shortcomings, it’s often dismissed as “bad luck.” ...

Apr 3, 2014 | 3 Comments

Feb 17, 2014

Get Noticed at Work

There is a need to show to your colleagues and seniors about your skills and the reason why you exist in the company – whether it’s a large organization or small. You need to enhance your visibility to get more responsibility and recognition. Getting noticed at work – in a good way – is usually key to getting promoted. And while that’s not news to anybody, surprisingly, few of us really know what it takes to stand out from the pack. Here 10 great tips that you can put to practice right away and BOOST your confidence at work. ...

Feb 17, 2014 | 2 Comments

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 ...

Dec 10, 2013 | 1 Comment

Aug 14, 2013

Boost Your Confidence at Work

Confidence and self-esteem are fundamental in achieving success in both your personal and work life. Lack of confidence can be a real hindrance in your job. It could be preventing you from progressing in your company, or having a negative effect on your relationships with colleagues. Developing your confidence means you can be more in control, and enjoy things that you were previously too scared to do. Some of the typical issues that break down our confidence while at work are: ▪ Doubt we can do the job/task ▪ Too many competing opinions ▪ Politics ▪ Difficult people ▪ Difficult conversations ...

Aug 14, 2013 | 1 Comment

Aug 7, 2013

Motivational Speech Tips

What is a motivational speech? The purpose of a motivational speech is to encourage personal or professional growth in the audience. A motivational speech has the intention of motivating an audience to take a specific type of action. When it comes to motivating an audience during a speech, a few steps must be taken in order for the speech to be effective Visual Aids To help people concentrate on the main points of your speech, prepare coloured, interesting visual aids to use during your motivational speaking. People like to see evidence of what you’re talking about. Find ...

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Aug 6, 2013

Top 24 Interview Questions and 13 Tips for PAs