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5 ways everybody wins when businesses help reduce recidivism

Insperity

But, could a reformed thief be hired on as a janitor or administrative assistant? Become a business plan advisor or mentor. For example, hiring a former inmate who was convicted on charges relating to theft for an accountant role is obviously not a good idea. Most likely, yes. And who knows? Hire a program graduate or mentee.

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update: are my mentors taking advantage of me?

Ask a Manager

Remember the letter-writer whose mentors were pressuring her to do networking favors she didn’t feel comfortable with ? I first took the commentariat’s advice about the VP speaker request and forwarded the request email to the VP’s administrative assistant. The outcome with the other mentor was not as rosy.

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20+ Essential Executive Assistant Training Courses

SnackNation

Course instructors include some of the best and brightest seasoned Executive Assistants; students will likely get the most from instruction if they arrive with specific questions and challenges that require expert mentor-ship. North Shore Community College Executive Administrative Assistant (EAD) – In-Person.

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Ep 249: Izzy Gousby on Managing a Team of Assistants and Cultivating Confidence

Go Burrows

There, she mentors and trains over 12 executive and senior administrative assistants. Prior to Analysis Group, she worked as an executive assistant to the CEO, CFO, and CMO at a biotechnology firm in Boston.

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is it bad to take mentorship from someone who can be awful to others?

Ask a Manager

Her area expertise and experience is fascinating and she has welcomed the chance to mentor and teach me. I’ve also heard that she has shouted at her administrative assistant (who has been with the company for over a decade) and accused her in one instance of being unethical. We have been getting along well so far.

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is it okay for my employees to say they’re “just not cut out for public speaking”?

Ask a Manager

My team consists of my manager, also an excellent public speaker, and two people who I supervise, an associate director and an administrative assistant. A large part of my role involves public speaking and training, which I enjoy and am good at. The two people who I supervise are not public speakers.

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managing an employee with “pregnancy brain”

Ask a Manager

My lead administrative assistant, who is normally fantastic, is pregnant. By the same token, I feel like it might be important to mentor her around using such language to explain performance issues, but I’m not sure if that’s even appropriate for me to do, especially when there really is a physiological issue here.