Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Do you think assistants should use social media for professional purposes? If you answered positively then yes you would be correct I think using social media for your professional development and networking is an absolute must! Here are ten do ‘s and ten don’ts for using social media professionally….

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 29, 2017

If you are active on other social media platforms such as Twitter and don’t have a website you can add your LinkedIn profile. Write LinkedIn Pulse posts and share these on your social media platforms. Be social and engage. It’s not called social media for nothing. Don’t self-promote too much.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 6, 2015

There are a number of opportunities to sell your personal brand during the job hunting process. Use your opening statement to promote your personal brand from the outset. You can use social media to really push your personal brand, particularly if you sell yourself as someone who understands technology.

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Allwork

JULY 26, 2023

The remainder is spent on non-work activities like checking social media, browsing news websites, chatting with colleagues about non-work topics, making personal calls, and even job hunting. This might explain why remote workers get promoted less often than their peers, despite being 15% more productive on average.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

Perhaps you are already a 2nd or 3rd assistant to someone high profile and you want to run the office of your executive as you get promoted through the years. Here are some tips as your career progresses that will affect how you job hunt. The lower-level admin you are the more jobs there are. Job hunt with focus.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 26, 2015

The description lists all of the core skills (diary and email management, travel arrangements, expenses etc) followed by one or two more bullet points relating to tasks designed specifically for the role (managing in-house IT software, supporting certain departments, managing social media for the organisation for example).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 10, 2017

Hello New & Returning Readers, About 2 years ago I wrote an in-depth post about how I job hunt. I had always meant to expound on that post about how the internet, social media, and networking online play a very big role for how I conduct my search and also improve my chances of protecting myself. Just hear me out.

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