Today marks one month until our PA Life Training Day at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. Our office has become a hive of busy bees and we’re all so excited to welcome attendees to what promises to be a fantastic day. Let’s take a step back for now and check out our top 10 most read stories of the week.
1. Win a meal for 4 people at Balls Brothers of London
Balls Brothers is one of London’s pre-eminent wine emporiums for more than 150 years and purveyors of fine wine, exquisite spirits and classic British food.
2. Why we all need a career MOT
Professionals are increasingly leaving it until it’s too late to check the health of their career, and employers are not encouraging self-improvement in fear of losing valuable employees, according to James Micklewright, Managing Director of career coaching company Micklewright Careers.
3. App of the week: Todoist
Procrastinators and productivity fans rejoice! Todoist is a distraction-free to-do list app available on iOS, Android, Mac and PC, as well as through a web portal, that allows you to create personalised task lists.
4. 5 questions to ask yourself to find meaningful work
Humans are always trying to define the meaning in everything they do, and that’s especially true of our jobs. Career coach Nancy Collamer recently wrote an article for Forbes in which she outlined five key questions to ask yourself to find meaningful work. Here’s a synopsis of her advice.
5. The right footwear could keep you from getting cold at the office
Are you always cold at the office? It turns out you might just be wearing the wrong shoes, according to a new study conducted by the University of California, Berkley.
6. Once Upon A Time Presents ‘The Little Treasured Toy Shop’ Christmas parties
Once Upon A Time, a concept created by Plan A Events, will transform amazing ideas into various pop-up dining extravaganzas in London, merging fantasy and reality.
7. 8 questions you should ask at a job interview
It’s important to remember that a job interview is a two-way conversation; you need to extract information from your potential employer as much as they need to learn about you. While you’re practising your answers to their questions, it’s important to have a few of your own in mind. Here are the eight questions you need to ask at any job interview, according to Glassdoor.
8. Dr Monica Seeley addresses the disease of 21st-century life
International email expert Dr Monica Seeley has launched a guide to help office workers reclaim their lives from their inbox based on findings from the recent ‘Lean Back’ survey*, which revealed 99% of people check their email after leaving the office, questioning the state of our working life based on our use of email in and out of the workplace.
9. How to survive your first week at a new job
You’ve written a superb CV, won over the boss at the interview and made the necessary negotiations to secure a new job. Now it’s time to make it through the dreaded yet exciting first week. Here are a few tips that can help you make a great impression.
10. PA profile: Samantha Cox
Editor Amelia Walker met Bristol-born Samantha Cox back in May this year when she flew into London to host a headline Keynote Q&A at office* 2016 and talk about her experience as former EA to Sir Richard Branson.
