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The Effective Executive Assistant: A Guide to Creating Long-Term Career Success

By: Chrissy Scivicque

• Are you considering a career as an Executive Assistant or Administrative Professional?
• Are you a struggling EA or AP looking for guidance?
• Are you an EA or AP who is wondering what the future career options are? 
• Are you looking for resources to help you become a more effective, valuable professional?

Congratulations - You've come to the right place! Veteran and novice Executive Assistants and Administrative Professionals alike will benefit from The Effective Executive Assistant e-book.

The Effective Executive Assistant is a 50-page manual full of in-depth advice, web-links, recommended reading lists, and worksheets to help any professional on the road to long-term career success. I have used my training, experience, education and extensive research to create a system that will help anyone develop the career they want and deserve as an EA.

You'll learn how to:

• Prioritize tasks more effectively
• Create systems and routines to boost your productivity
• Develop your communication skills 
• Improve your working relationships
• Project an image of confidence and success
• Build your professional network

Those who are more ‘visual learners' will find lots of graphs and diagrams to illustrate the points being made.

If you've never purchased an e-book before, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to do. There are several added benefits of reading an e-book such as the linked Table of Contents (just click on the name of the section you want to go to and it takes you there) and, of course, the fact that you are saving paper by reading it on the screen. You can always print it if you want, but it is specifically designed to be read on the computer.

This e-book contains 100% original material not found anywhere else.

• Learn the necessary skills to become an Effective Executive Assistant
• Explore the unique challenges and rewards of the EA position (and how to use them to your advantage)
• Investigate the various career paths of an EA
• Learn how to develop a strong foundation for success
• Discover the steps to take towards building a solid, long-term career
• Also includes over 100 web-links to useful resources and recommended reading.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Defining the Effective Executive Assistant

1.1 Core Competencies

1.2 Types of Executive Assistants

1.3 The Career Path of an EEA
-Sample Resume 1
-Sample Resume 2

Part 2: Exploring the Position

2.1 Unique Challenges

2.2 Unique Rewards

2.3 Dispelling the Myths of Executive Assistants

Part 3: Creating Success

3.1 Laying the Foundation

3.2 Building a Solid Structure

3.3 Long Term Care and Maintenance

Part 4: EA Resource Guide

4.1 Web Resources

4.2 Consolidated Recommended Reading List

4.3 Worksheets

-SMART Goal Setting Worksheet
-Task Management Worksheet
-How to Map a Project