All Things Admin® Blog
Cool Admins, Career Advice, Workout Tips, and more!
Here are five fantastic finds that I wanted to make sure you knew about, too! Are you a COOL Administrative Professional? Then be sure to join the Office Dynamics Blog-A-Thon: April 1 – 30, 2011! Admins unite! Office Dynamics needs your help to create the world’s...
Creating a Powerful Professional Portfolio…Even When You Don’t Have Access to Prior Work Samples
A past newsletter article sparked a great question from one of our readers: In the last newsletter, you encouraged your readers to set up a professional portfolio. I am new to the administrative field, and I am unemployed and no longer have access to professional...
7 Ways to Invigorate Your Career with Professional Association Membership
Although at the time I didn’t realize it, I started building my professional network in high school when I participated in student government and joined the Business Professionals of America (BPA). I’m certain I didn’t know what “networking” even was at the time. But...
Got Skills?
Perhaps the better question is: Got 21st Century “Office of the Future” skills? Decisions regarding hiring and firing are related to skills. Executives award special projects to those with the skills to accomplish the job. Promotions, pay increases, and bonuses are...
QR Codes and Embracing Technology as Administrative Professionals
Those who have gotten to know me over the years know I’m a HUGE fan of technology and innovation, but I’m not necessarily the first person to adopt these new technologies into my life. I like to learn as much as I possibly can about them, so I know what I need and...
Overcoming my fear of fear
I did something this week that I have wanted to do for a very long time but was afraid to do. I asked someone for whom I have a great deal of admiration and respect to mentor me. This individual is someone I have supported professionally for several years, so asking...
Adapt, Improvise, Overcome: The Successful Admin’s Credo – even on vacation!
“Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome.” This became the recurring theme of a much needed two week vacation my husband and I took the last two weeks of September. We were headed to Boston for three days of sightseeing before driving up the coast to Old Orchard Beach, Maine...
Complacency Can Lead to Administrative Career Extinction
Whether you’re actively looking for a job or not, complacency is a career killer. No matter how indispensable you make yourself in your administrative career, there are no guarantees. Companies get bought and sold. Executives transfer. Departments get outsourced. Work...
Request Approved! Gaining Employer Support for Professional Development
If I walked up to your desk and asked you to give me $20, what would you say? You’d probably respond with, “Why?” or “What do you need it for?” or “I don’t have $20, so you need to ask someone else.” I can also hear a few smart, sarcastic replies coming my...
Defining What Your Administrative Support Really Means
I’ve supported numerous supervisors, managers, vice presidents, and CEOs throughout my career (herein referred to as “executives”). I feel very fortunate that the majority of those executives treated me as a respected member of their teams but not all did. At the...
