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"Your years of experience as an administrative
professional only matter when they're used as the basis for improvement,
innovation, and forward thinking. Know what's in the rear-view mirror but
look forward in order to grow. Continuously reach for new educational
resources."
WHY JOIN VAAP?
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to feed your hunger to continuously learn about best
practices in the administrative professional role.
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to gather new ideas you can bring back as value to your
own company and managers and executives.
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to demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning to
current and prospective employers by highlighting your affiliation with an
educational and professional association in your field -- one dedicated to training, professional
development and education especially geared toward administrative
professionals.
After reading some of the
tips in publications included in your VAAP electronic membership packet, administrative professionals have
stated that it
helped them to:
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update their skills and keep
up with current processes and systems.
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learn about what other
administrative professionals are experiencing.
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hear how other administrative
professionals have dealt with situations, which gave them a different
perspective and helped them to see 'outside the normal box.'
·
discover new and more
efficient ways to do their work – even for seasoned administrative
professionals with many years (even decades) on the job and in the admin
field.
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enhance their skills and
performance.
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enhance and improve their
role within their organization.
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answer questions they've been
asking themselves or others – neither of whom always had the answer.
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refresh skills not used in a
while – but needed now as their roles, or employers and jobs, change.
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improve in their
administrative profession.
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find new ways to do things.
They also said they...
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found ideas and scenarios
that applied to and helped in their everyday situations, such as tips for
using Outlook® software, planning
travel, creating itineraries, event planning, Internet research, e-mail
management, conducting effective meetings, and more.
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discovered plenty of topics
to help them increase their productivity, knowledge, organization, and more.
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gained tools to remain
successful in their profession and be a valuable asset to their directors
and companies.
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enjoyed the publications because
they gave them helpful tips but also made them think.
As a member of the Virtual Association for Administrative Professionals, you
can quickly and easily learn simple strategies and tips that can make you a
better administrative professional. Knowledge acquisition through continuous
learning is a big part of what VAAP is all about. It's also about explaining
to you how to take that knowledge and transfer it to your administrative
professional job and career. That's how you and your employer get value from
your membership.
Through the resources provided from VAAP,
you'll learn new skills, refresh current skills, be the best admin, and
remain the best. You'll learn tips to improve your job performance and
manage your career. VAAP provides advice and tips that are practical and
relevant to administrative professionals.
You'll be able to proudly tell your employer that you are a member of
the Virtual Association for Administrative Professionals – a professional
association in your field and source for training, professional development,
and educational resources exclusively tailored toward administrative
professionals. You can add this association to your resumes as a talking
point and to your performance review documents in the continuing education
or membership sections.
Communicating that you are a VAAP association member is a
way to let employers know you are proactively committed to continuing
education and professional development relevant to your administrative
professional role. It can give you the edge as an administrative
professional in career management endeavors.
Through VAAP educational resources, you'll learn...
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...how to increase your productivity the smarter way by managing your
time and priorities better (and not by increasing your hours or workload).
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...how to add value to your workplace as an administrative
professional and how to be more valuable to the higher level managers
and executives you support as well as other staff.
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...how to communicate better and more effectively with the diverse
people you interact with daily: bosses, colleagues, co-workers, clients,
customers, and vendors.
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...how to become a top performer among administrative professionals --
which increases your value in your current job and in the industry job
market in general for career administrative professionals.
You can become more confident in your role as an
administrative professional. The winning equation is simple:
Small changes in your daily job performance and career
management = big results for you and those you support.
In today's uncertain job market and economy, it's more
important than ever to be the best administrative professional you can be --
whether to help retain your current job or obtain a new one in the competitive
job market. Never stop learning how to be and remain among the best
administrative professionals. That's so you stay in demand and deliver
value in your current position to your managers, executives and others you
support through your administrative professional role in the company or
organization.
VAAP provides you with practical information that helps you
perform your administrative professional job better and manage your
administrative career.
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