Career Development
Issue: January / February 2015
Issue: January / February 2015
Why Your Job (Description) is Never Done!
By Julie Perrine - January 25, 2015
We’ve spent 2014, the International Year of the Secretary and Admin Assistant, discussing ways you can advance your career and the administrative profession. We’ve focused on everything from mentorship to generational differences, but one of our primary focuses has been on creating your new and improved job description. A detailed description of your job... Read more »
Career Development
Issue: November / December 2014
Issue: November / December 2014
An Admin’s Guide to Creating a Strategic Career Plan
By Julie Perrine - November 25, 2014
As admins, we often get so wrapped up in our daily professional routines that we forget to look at the bigger picture. We go to work, take care of business, and go home. Then we get up and do it again the next day. While there’s no harm in having a routine, it can be... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: September / October 2014
Issue: September / October 2014
Taking Care of Yourself: A Path to Focused Self-Care
By Julie Perrine - September 25, 2014
Julie Perrine's top tips on practicing self-care
Profiles
Issue: July / August 2014
Issue: July / August 2014
PROFILE – Julie Perrine
By Lucy Brazier OBE - July 25, 2014
Julie Perrine is the Founder and CEO of All Things Admin
Communication
Issue: May / June 2014
Issue: May / June 2014
10 Tips to Help Admins Become Exceptional Public Speakers
By Julie Perrine - May 25, 2014
You have a terrific idea for making an improvement to how your team manages projects. It will save a lot of time and eliminate a lot of unnecessary emails. You have to pitch the idea to the three project managers you work with daily, then you have to pitch it to your executive. Could you... Read more »
Career Development
Issue: March / April 2014
Issue: March / April 2014
5 Simple Steps to Developing a New and Improved Job Description
By Julie Perrine - March 26, 2014
A complete and detailed description of your job is extremely important to your professional career says Julie Perrine It’s not just important if and when you decide to take a new position outside your company or assume a new role within your organization. It’s also vital in helping your executive and colleagues get an accurate... Read more »
Technology
Issue: January / February 2014
Issue: January / February 2014
Get Connected: 7 Reasons Why All Admins Need Social Media
By Julie Perrine - January 25, 2014
Social media is an omnipresent part of our society and culture. It’s a valuable and important means of communication for personal and professional correspondence. It’s a lifeline for many people’s and companies’ marketing and branding efforts. And it’s vital to your administrative career. Yet astoundingly many admins still don’t recognize the value in social media.... Read more »
Career Development
Issue: November / December 2013
Issue: November / December 2013
Be Your Own Best Professional Advocate
By Julie Perrine - November 25, 2013
If you don’t proactively promote yourself, and your professional abilities and accomplishments, who will? asks Julie Perrine As an admin, being your own biggest professional advocate is crucial in advancing and preserving your career… because if you don’t take the initiative, nobody will. Advocating for yourself in a professional capacity shows that you have confidence,... Read more »
Leadership
Issue: September / October 2013
Issue: September / October 2013
Become the CEO of Your Career
By Julie Perrine - September 25, 2013
An Administrative Assistant’s primary job is to support their executive and support him or her in any way possible – whether it’s organizing a board meeting or making travel arrangements for a business trip. The nature of our job means our professional needs frequently take a backseat to those of the executives and teams we... Read more »
Project Management
Issue: July / August 2013
Issue: July / August 2013
Your Administrative Role in Disaster Recovery Planning
By Julie Perrine - July 23, 2013
A hurricane is bearing down and your office has just received notice you have one hour to evacuate before flood waters sweep into the area. What do you do? Your office is damaged by fire and you’re forced to work from home for the next six weeks. Are you set up to do it? Have... Read more »
Leadership
Issue: May / June 2013
Issue: May / June 2013
Lessons to Learn Today to Be a Better Admin Tomorrow
By Julie Perrine - May 25, 2013
The days of admins taking dictations from their executives and typing on typewriters are long gone. Making carbon copies and delivering them to the “in-boxes” on our executives’ desks is a thing of the past. Thanks to modern technology and advancements in our field, these tasks are now largely obsolete. The administrative assistant landscape has... Read more »
Cover Story
Issue: March / April 2013
Issue: March / April 2013
7 Tips for Creating Effective Administrative Procedures
By Julie Perrine - March 23, 2013
Julie Perrine on how to get organised Administrative procedures are a vital component of any efficient office. They’re an extremely valuable resource and creating them is a huge service to your executive and team. Not only do they allow others to easily cover for you during absences or vacations, they also act as a reference... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: November / December 2012
Issue: November / December 2012
What Your Executive Needs From You
By Julie Perrine - November 25, 2012
Have you ever heard an executive raving about his or her assistant and wondered what that person does that garners such praise? Would you like to be that person? As an administrative professional turned entrepreneur, my perspective has shifted from how to become the admin my executives couldn’t live without, to finding admins I can... Read more »
Personal Development
Issue: September / October 2012
Issue: September / October 2012
Developing Your Personal Advisory Board
By Julie Perrine - September 25, 2012
Surround yourself with many wise advisors, and you’ll reap the benefits of their wisdom and insights explains Julie Perrine
Leadership
Issue: July / August 2012
Issue: July / August 2012
5 Ways to Develop Your Business Acumen
By Julie Perrine - July 25, 2012
Learning the "business' of business is essential for career success, Julie Perrine show's us what it's about
Personal Development
Issue: May / June 2012
Issue: May / June 2012
Your Training Business Case
By Julie Perrine - May 25, 2012
By building a request for personal development into a business case you may have more success in gaining your employer’s support explains Julie Perrine It’s a common complaint: my boss won’t approve my training or professional development requests. But it may not be your boss’s fault. It may be the way you’re asking or failing... Read more »