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Category: Career

Quiet hiring: Admin professional trend of 2023

Quiet hiring is about filling open positions with staff who are already on the payroll rather than hiring from outside the company. Executive assistants are prime targets for quiet hiring. In addition to already possessing excellent organizational, communication and scheduling skills, many administrative professionals also can flex these skills.

7 steps to curating your career development

To climb in the ranks within your current organization or branch out and succeed somewhere you view as more prestigious, challenging or fulfilling, take an introspective look at what you bring to the table wherever you go. Here are some practical steps to help chart your path to success.

Take every opportunity to deliver positive feedback

For some employees, hearing words of praise is better than a cash bonus—and such praise is a key reason people want to stay in their jobs. Yet many managers can muster up such phrases only during annual reviews … if at all. Here are 10 key ideas managers should consider when offering positive feedback to employees.

Top knowledge and skills from veteran EAs

Are you a new executive assistant looking for advice, or perhaps an experienced one looking for suggestions for your executive for more robust onboarding? We contacted several experienced administrative assistants to see what experts feel are the most important pieces of knowledge to know and skills to develop when beginning an administrative professional career.

Gift giving made simple

Your boss asks you to buy a gift for a new employee, an individual who went above and beyond, or for every employee during a significant time of the year, but you have no idea where to start. Here are four tips for gift shopping.