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The amazing and challenging year of 2021 is almost over. But that’s just me, and 2021 has reinforced that about me. #3 In 2021, I did the following even though I either didn’t know what I was doing, hadn’t done it before, or had very little experience with it: Built a sunroom from scratch (see above).
Consequently, this month’s webinar is devoted to administrativeprofessionals. Over the past decade, the administrative profession has evolved at a rapid pace—and within just the past year, that pace has increased exponentially. Date : Wednesday, April 24, 2021. April is Admin Appreciation Month!
Your administrative career should not be left to chance. Career-minded administrativeprofessionals don’t put their career on autopilot and cross their fingers, hoping things will work themselves out. Keep the positive momentum going and set yourself up for success in 2021! There’s no room in your career for chance.
The biggest reason you need a social portfolio, in addition to your print and digital versions, is that it makes you easy to find in a sea of other administrativeprofessionals. According to the 2021 Recruiter Nation Report, 68% of recruiters were using Facebook, 65% LinkedIn, 48% Twitter, 46% Instagram, and 35% YouTube.
By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Executive Support Magazine | August 2021. Note: Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis passed away on May 1, 2021. In the hundreds of emails I received after Olympia’s passing away on the morning of May 1, 2021, many of the messages said, “You and Olympia had something so special. She was 89 years old. “I
By Bonnie Low-Kramen for Admin Professional Today | November, 2023 The Great Resignation of 2020 led to massive and chaotic hiring in 2021. Job descriptions have already been in disorganized transition starting in 2021 which was called “The Year of the Job Description.” What’s happening now? Quiet Hiring.
A June, 2021 survey found good news that 79% of employees intend to take their paid time off in the coming year. Fast forward to 2021, and it is now more important than ever to have a backup plan. This article first appeared in Executive Support Magazine, a global training publication and must-read for any administrativeprofessional.
As 2021AdministrativeProfessional’s Month is once again behind us, I found myself really reflective this past year, on what it means to serve in a profession that means so much to so many of us. And thank you to the millions of AdministrativeProfessionals who make so much possible for so many. We see you.
The demand for highly-skilled, tech-savvy, multitasking administrativeprofessionals who perform business and personal tasks has become so great that a new position is trending—the Executive/Personal Assistant (EA/PA). In 2021, that number has skyrocketed to 40 percent! This role is gaining in popularity.
It is a week since we held the OPSA National Administrative Excellence Award – online! The Awards which are held annually in April during International AdministrativeProfessionals week at the Birchwood Hotel include a wonderful buffet breakfast and all the glitz and glamour. We were so close.
If there’s one thing AdministrativeProfessionals must master it’s resiliency. How do we integrate the personal, professional, and relational discoveries we made in 2020 and 2021 and emerge with a greater capacity for reinvention, a stronger ability to adapt, and a reinforced need for balance?
Recorded March, 2021. Article by Nicole DeSimone. Bobbie Carlton interviews Bonnie Low-Kramen. As the Founder and CEO of Ultimate Assistant Training & Consulting, Inc. aims to help cultivate inclusive, respectful workplaces. R/T 17 min. Read the full article here.
By Bonnie Low-Kramen for the February, 2021 issue of Executive Support Magazine. The ground-breaking conversation on the BTUA Podcast called A Talk With HR streamed live and uncut on January 5, 2021 on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook. SHRM is the Society of Human Resource Management with 300,000 members. I had questions and so I asked.
That email turned into a Zoom call, which led to an invitation to give two virtual presentations at Rutgers Camden in March 2021. I heard from that student again in August 2021. This article first appeared in Executive Support Magazine, a global training publication and must-read for any administrativeprofessional.
May 26, 2021. By Jeremy Spake and Bonnie Low-Kramen. Employees who work from home are choosing to take “remote” literally. They are moving to new cities and new qualities of life, as nature may become the new corner office. So…when they choose to move, what happens to their compensation?
By Bonnie Low-Kramen | February 15, 2021. In 2021, the profession is still 95-98% female. In 2021, it is widely known that assistants are the backbones of companies and the right arms to their managers. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker.
By Bonnie Low-Kramen | January 13, 2021. Definition. Introvert: A reserved or shy person who enjoys spending time alone. In your day-to-day work life, you will likely encounter two types of people: the extroverted and the introverted. It can be easy to assume you know all there is to know about extroverts and introverts.
Olympia Dukakis passed away on Saturday, May 1, 2021. In contrast, I can tell you that she prepared for her plays and movies very differently, as a self-proclaimed “thespian nun.” Olympia worked really, really hard and as a result, as her Personal Assistant for 25 years, so did I.
A Black History Month Collaboration by Bonnie Low-Kramen and Aaisha Joseph | February 1, 2021. Thanks to Contributors Spencer Casseus, Melba J. Duncan and other colleagues who care about having meaningful and respectful conversations between Black and White assistants to promote mutual understanding and positive communication.
It is with these stories firmly in my mind that I share my Wish List for 2021, the year when we hopefully will come off “hold” and get to live more fully again. To that I say, “Respect, Recognition, Raises, and Roses” is a plan for 2021. 2021 has the potential to be one of the most exciting years in our modern history.
2021, here we come. It seems we are all recalibrating our priorities. Don’t delay or wait for a better time to follow your gut about what it whispers. If not now, then when? Tell your gut Hell Yes. The post Bonnie’s Life Lessons from 2020 appeared first on Bonnie Low-Kramen.
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