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My project team member has refused to get their work done!! 😭 I am the project manager assigned to lead a project team of 15. All was going well until 3 of the project team members ghosted me without completing their tasks. The project is set to launch in less than 2 months, I have done all within my power to get through to them, all to no avail. I have sent countless emails, tried chatting them up, and called their cellphones but they weren't picking up. I told myself, this is not the time to panic, you've got this! It's almost 2 weeks since I last heard from them, and then I concluded it was time to escalate this issue to the program manager because if the pending tasks are not completed within schedule, we are prone to fall behind the launch date, and the budget of the project would be affected since we would have to hire 3 extra and unplanned teammates to complete the abandoned projects. To escalate amid an ongoing project could create a lot of tension between myself and the stakeholders and I wouldn't want that to happen. But I still need to bring the project back on track. I needed proof to show I had done all I could to resolve the arising issues so I created a document that includes the days the 3 members worked and the days they didn't show up, the entire communication between myself and them for the last few weeks. The reason for this email was not to play the blame game but to find solutions as fast as possible. I addressed the escalation email to the program manager, describing the following; 1. Problem I was facing. 2. Impact of the problem on the ongoing project. 3. Request to salvage the problem ASAP. And I got my issues sorted!! What a relief! 😍 As a project manager or team lead, when do you escalate an issue to a higher authority? Let's gist in the comment section. My name is Modili Chinyere, your efficient Project Manager and Executive Assistant. Let's chat about your project and administrative tasks. Kindly like and share this post, turn on the bell icon, and connect with me. #executiveassistant #projectmanager #vaforhire #virtualassistant #opentowork #openforwork #founder #hiringmanager #recruiter #headhunter #talentacquisitionspecialist

I recently came across the expectations of hiring manager/companies posting jobs: 1. Hiring for Remote work (Post Interview, they need an onsite availability) 2. Looking for Project Manager cum Business Development (Payscale, you can't Imagine :D) 3. Putting "Remote ' in the job post to attract candidates (Though it can be Hybrid or Onsite) 4. Require candidates who can manage everything & become a CEO's voice, but will also discuss what else can we do. (I mean's that's the best thing one can do) Do you believe these positions attract high-profile candidates or those willing to compromise on salary? Stop compromising on values #projectmanagers #businessdevelopmentjobs #hrconsulting #hiringtrends #budgetcontrol #ceoforum

What’s the most valuable asset that anyone has? Is it money or time? No, it’s not money – it’s time. You can always make more money, but once your time is gone, you can never get it back. That’s why hiring a VA can be a good idea for you. You can delegate all your “busy” work to them, such as: ✓Creating email campaigns ✓Social Media Management ✓Content research and editing ✓Research and Market Analysis ✓Ensuring projects stay on track Managing emails and calendars ✓Data entry and organizing of tasks ✓Coordinating tasks and team members ✓Managing project timelines and deadlines ✓Creating and scheduling social media posts ✓Handling personal scheduling and appointments ✓Researching and making personal arrangements ✓Coordinating logistics, invitations, and follow-ups ✓Managing social media accounts and engagement ✓Making travel arrangements and reservations for you ✓Project Management so you can see how effective ✓your staff are? Can you imagine how much faster your business could be scaled if you spent just an hour or two a day devising brilliant strategies to grow? Hiring a VA makes that dream possible. I am Ipoola Rachael, a virtual assistant who has the potential to take a wide variety of tasks off your plate and increase your productivity. Have you hired a virtual assistant before?Let me know in the comment section. #VirtualAssistant #Outsourcing #ProductivityHacks #BusinessEfficiency #contentchallengewithcass

I recently saw someone do this and I thought why not . Who? I'm Joy, I am passionate about my family and friends, I am a advocate for special needs and mental health. I have been in the customer facing industry for 30 years with a focus on finance, technology and Saas. Check out my LinkedIn page for more information about my experience or send me a DM. What? I would love to work for a company that allows me to build relationship with customer, contribute to the processes, create new ones and help build a customer centric business. I also would like the ability to use my organizational and time management skills. Project Manager, Customer Success Manger or Implementation specialist are amoung the roles of what I am looking for. When? I am available to interview immediately, I am eagerly awaiting to find my new work family. Where? Remote. I have worked in a remote setting for 5 years successfully, I live in Upstate NY where I have built a private office space to ensure privacy for any companies I work with. Why? I enjoy helping others, I need consistent income and schedule. I love building processes, content and relationships. I am passionate about developing relationships with coworkers and clients and being the voice of the customer all while keeping them engaged. I believe utilizing my skills and providing white glove customer service is the best way to retain customers and help grow the business. #customersuccess #relationshipbuilding #remotework #projectmanagement #implementations #availableforimmediateinterviews

I'm on the lookout for an Account/Project Manager with a strong #demandgeneration background to lead our projects and support our amazing clients 🔎 Having worked in both corporate organizations and start-ups, I've seen the best and the worst. When I launched Focus Image Pro, I took all those experiences and implemented the best practices into our processes. How are we different from a traditional marketing agency? - We're a small but incredibly supportive team. The team doesn't work FOR me; they work WITH me. We're partners! - We all work remotely with flexible schedules. The team is based in Canada and collaborate across different time zones to maintain a healthy work-life balance while delivering top-notch results for our clients. - Despite our size, we have a solid culture based on four core values: trust, transparency, respect, and empathy. 💢 Trust: I don't micromanage. I trust people by default. 💢 Respect: Someone recently told me that clients should come first, then employees. At Focus Image Pro, the team comes first. A happy and valued team provides exceptional support to clients. Remember, replacing a good employee is way more expensive than replacing a customer (hope our clients don't read this lol). 💢 Transparency: I share both our wins and losses, my enterpreneur experience, and challenges with the team. We're all human and have our ups and downs. 💢 Empathy: If you have any personal problems, please share them with me! Your health and family are top priorities and should come before work. I'm looking for someone who can support me initially for 10-15 hours per week, with the potential to become a full-time role as we grow and scale together. The ideal candidate should have approximately 70% demand generation experience and 30% project and/or account management experience, and be based in Canada (time zone doesn't matter). ❗ I'm not posting this anywhere except this post because I believe in the power of #networking. Many talented people have been affected by major layoffs in recent years, so I sorely rely on my network and LinkedIn algorithm to find and help someone land a job. If you know someone who fits this description, please tag them, share, or like this post. #sharingiscaring Let's connect! 🤝 #Hiring #JobOpportunity #DemandGeneration #ProjectManagement #AccountManagement #RemoteWork #JoinUs #FocusImagePro

Who is ACTUALLY HIRING? Seriously. I've been on the hunt for 6 months with no luck. I just need a remote Project Coordinator/Administrator role in the timezones CEST/EMEA. No ghost listings. No "jump through hoops for a job that doesn't exist" posts. No "let's keep you warm in our candidate pool" posts. And definitely no scams. So, who’s genuinely hiring? #hiring #recruitment #job #JobHunt #RemoteWork #ProjectCoordinator #ProjectAssistant #ProjectAdministrator #EMEAJobs #HiringNow #RealJobs #RemoteCareers

😎 3 Attributes of a Great Executive Assistant: 1. Excellent Proactive Communicator - not just following up with you, employees, or clients when prompted, but a great assistant is proactive and always thinking 2-3 steps ahead of what needs or questions will come up and happily answers or resolves issues before tasked to. 2. Detail Oriented- You shouldn’t have to triple check their work, email responses, or assigned projects. They should be detail oriented (nothin’ wrong with a little OCD) and geek out on organization of emails, files, and all things documentation (SOPs, processes, etc) 3. Trustworthy to their Core- If you can’t trust ‘em then you can’t work with ‘em. It’s that simple. An executive assistant is too far into the details of your personal and professional life to not be trusted. You shouldn’t have to second guess sharing sensitive information with them. Thinking of hiring an assistant? 👇 We’ve helped many founders hire their 1st assistant recently. Here are our recent stats for hires with 2+ years of experience: LATAM:$10-25/hour  Europe:$15-30/hour 🎯 Our hiring is risk free - no deposit required - we payroll and take care of all paperwork. Our goal is to make hiring easy so you can focus on growing your company. Ready to hire? Book a time on my calendar to get started for free. https://lnkd.in/g7wZ3sP9 #remotehiring #hiring #recruitingagency #remotejobs #EA #VA #assistant #founders #bootstrapped #founderstories #remoteteams #smallteams #remoterecuiter #offshoring #nearshoring #hiringexperts

Employers - please do NOT include the compensation range on your posted job opportunities! ... ... unless you first took the time to make sure the job itself is accurate and clear! Hear me out: 🛡 When I have searched for jobs, the number one challenge is the title. I get it - those fancy titles make it sound more important... but if it's a sales role, call it Sales please. And don't use the words "Director" or "Leader" or even "Manager" for roles where nobody reports to me (yes - there are exceptions, like "Project Manager"). 📌 You say the location is "Remote", but you require some office time? Or you say the position is Hybrid, but expect 5 days in the office? Make it make sense! 🖥 You say that experience in your proprietary custom software that nobody else even has access to is required. Maybe you should only post this job internally? ⁉ You've got a bunch of "meaningless" minimum requirements that essentially say "be smart", like [ ♦ Analytical skills to leverage data for compelling insights. ] If it's not specific, you might as well just use one of the silly buzzwords like Guru or Ninja or Unicorn because this job sounds like a fairy tale anyway. 🔁 I see the exact same "unique opportunity" posted multiple times for various locations (your definition of "unique" isn't the same as mine...) 😕 If you just posted the position yesterday & there are 3572 applicants, I'm done before I read further. Not your fault? I disagree... when I have read these positions, they're usually so generic that everyone believes they are qualified. That's on you, my friend. _____ Just for fun - what other "head scratching" practices with job descriptions do you see that have significant room for improvement?

Executive Assistants are assets to a company’s executive team because of the administrative support they provide and their tasks often have direct effect on the company’s success. In one of my previous post about communication and it’s importance. I mentioned to take us through other Executive Assistant roles. I will only list them today and maybe gradually elaborate on them one after the other in my subsequent posts. Explaining further: Executive Assistants are typically the first line of communication(sometimes “defense”) for their boss or executive suite for internal and external staff, clients or vendors. EA’s tends to hold a great deal of influence on the success of a leader and the company. There role helps to ultimately build and maintain organization and support that empowers leadership to succeed at their potential. 🌴EA roles involve and not limited to; Scheduling Supervising staff Planning events Managing emails and phone calls Processing expenses Preparing presentations Quarterly and annual report writing ✍️ etc. 🪴Some soft skills for an executive assistant: Organizational skills Computer 🖥 skills Discretion and Confidentiality Emotional and relational intelligence Research Decision making Resourcefulness Customer service Adaptability Work- life Balance etc. Link to the former post at the comment section. (In case you want to know more about communication and how important it is) I’m open to work as your executive assistant, project Manager. Feel free to reach out to me now. #linkedin #executiveassistant #virtualassistance #recruiter #employer #ceo #openforjob #executiveassistant LinkedIn #network #community #career #networking #people #growth #digital #digitalwitch #ceo #recruiters #customerservice #customersuccess #appointmentsetter #leadgeneration #emailmarketing #coldcalling #virtualassistant #technicalsupport #airbnb #hiringmanagers #hiringnow #freelancer #coach #upwork #remotejobs #remote #crms #growth #jobseekers #stayathomemoms #edutech #virtualassistant #digital #remoteworker #projectmanagers #everywherework #ceo #everyone #anyone #usajob #newyork #canadajobs #canada #business2business #profesionales #businessowner #digitalwitch #linkedinleadgeneration #linkedin #love #hardwork #remoteworker #readytowork #jobalerts #smart #available #recruiter #intelligence

Looking to add a powerhouse remote assistant (RA) to your team? Here are 4 key skills to keep an eye out for: 1. Strategic Initiative: An RA who thinks ahead, anticipates your needs, and can take ownership of projects is a game-changer. 2. Passion for Impact: The best RAs are driven by results and want to see your business thrive. Look for someone who gets excited about your vision! 3. Tech-Savvy: From project management tools to communication platforms, a tech-savvy RA can navigate the digital world with ease. 4. Creativity: Problem-solving and thinking outside the box are essential for any RA. A sprinkle of creativity can take your projects to the next level! Ready to find your dream remote assistant? https://lnkd.in/eas2P5W9 #ExecutiveAssistant #virtualAssistant #ExecutiveWomen #WomenEntrepreneur