Keep Your Admin Skills in Shape
Successful administrative professionals don't stay on top by accident; they work at it by constantly improving their skills. "You must take classes and continue training, because software programs and other things are constantly changing," says Cynthia Lively, past president of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). Lively, who has 36 years of admin experience, is also the administrative assistant to ...
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Answers to the Quiz: Could You Pass Part One of the CAP/CPS Admin Certification Exam?
The AdminSecret team created the quiz Quiz: Could You Pass Part One of the CAP/CPS Admin Certification Exam? from various training materials, practice tests, etc. in order to give you an idea of what is on the exam and how you would perform. Although the actual exam results would not let you know what you got right vs. what you got ... -
How Your Education Level Directly Affects Your Salary (It's Bigger Than You Think)
You’ve heard that your base salary is largely determined by your education level – but did you ever wonder exactly how much education matters? If you’ve got enough smarts, it shouldn’t matter whether or not you have formal training – right? Wrong. At least, it might not be so simple. As job scarcity continues to drive more competition to each open ... -
Associate and Bachelor Degrees in Business Administration
Do you wind up the leader of almost every group project you get involved in? Do other people frequently ask you for financial advice? Do you watch _"The Apprentice"_ and similar TV shows and say to yourself, "I could do better than all these people"? You might never get to be the president of a multi-billion-dollar company, but businesses all over ... -
Laid Off? School May Be the Answer
MASON CITY, Iowa — In this tough economy, the path from a layoff to a new career often runs through a classroom. After Shannon Boge was laid off twice from factory jobs within a year, she knew it was time for a different occupation. "My only chance is to go back to school," she recalls deciding. "I've got to do this, ... -
Keep Your Admin Skills in Shape
Successful administrative professionals don't stay on top by accident; they work at it by constantly improving their skills. "You must take classes and continue training, because software programs and other things are constantly changing," says Cynthia Lively, past president of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). Lively, who has 36 years of admin experience, is also the administrative assistant to ...
Proof in Numbers: More Education Means More Salary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics collected data from professions across the board and determined that furthering your education will in turn provide more opportunity for a higher salary. Consider this fact ...
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A Night Out for the Assistants!
Other than Ryan Reynolds in the front row, all the others (mostly men) in the crowd are assistants. On her blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Nikki Finke reports about a screening for the new Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds movie, The Proposal, that...
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Got a Mean Boss? New Yorkers Share Tales of Office Revenge
Few movie scenes are as satisfying as when three secretaries take revenge on their obnoxious boss by kidnapping him in "9 to 5." On Thursday, the Broadway version opens, and the abused assistants — fed up with his sexist, lying and hypocritical ha...
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