JANUARY 2014
Administrative Assistant's UPDATE
Seminars and webinars
Seminar providers change their dates quite often. If you
plan to attend an event, be sure to verify dates, times
and places. Also, ask them about group discounts.
C A L E N D A R
Want your event listed here? E-mail the following
information to joycegrant@sympatico.ca: Your
organization's name, website and phone number, the
name of the event, the price, the date and city. Listings
require three months' notice and are listed according to
space availability.
Job Design Concepts Inc.
http://jobdesignconcepts.com/workshops.html
(416) 447-8832
• Assertiveness skills ($399) – Toronto Feb. 7
• Time management ($399) – Toronto Feb. 14
• Project management ($399) – Toronto Mar. 21
Eli Mina Consulting
www.elimina.com (604) 730-0377
• Minute taking standards and related issues – Vancouver Jan. 21, Prince George Mar. 5
• Robert's Rules of Order demystified – Vancouver Jan.
22, Prince George Mar. 6
• 101 boardroom problems and how to solve them
($399) – Vancouver Feb. 18
On-The-Right-Track Training and Consulting
www.on-the-right-track.com (877) 213-8608
• Make the leap to remarkable! ($99) – Webinar,
Jan. 9, 2 p.m.
• Invisible influence ($99) – Webinar, Jan. 16, 2 p.m.
• Say it with backbone... not bite ($99) – Webinar,
Jan. 23, 2 p.m.
Ontario Hospital Association
www.oha.com/conferences
gfernandes@oha.com, (416) 205-1398
• Influencer workshop ($699) – Toronto Jan. 31
• Crucial conversations workshop ($699) – Toronto
Feb. 27
• Crucial confrontations workshop ($699) – Toronto
Mar. 22
www.oha.com/courses
kbyrne@oha.com, (416) 205-1586
• Essentials of project management ($1,095) – Toronto
Feb. 4-5, Apr. 1-2, June 3-4, Oct. 24-25
• Essentials of business writing ($795) – Toronto Mar. 25
The Professional Development Institute PDI Inc.
www.executive.org 1-(800) HARVARD
• Administrative assistants and executive secretaries:
skills and tools for partnering with your team and management and moving forward ($1,295) – Ottawa
Feb. 10-12
• Part II: Advanced seminar for alumni of Administrative
assistants and executive secretaries ($995) – Ottawa
June 5-6
Benefits of temping
Continued from page 6
time job through an interview means you've
convinced an employer you're right for the position, but you have yet to prove it. Many interim
jobs, on the other hand, turn into full-time ones
precisely because you have an opportunity to
successfully demonstrate through your day-to-day
performance that you're an asset to the company.
In addition, it eliminates the anxiety associated
with starting a new job, since you're well past the
8
awkward initiation phase.
Temporary work isn't just a way to bide time until
a permanent gig comes along; it can be a valuable
stepping stone in your career. Whether you're just
starting out or are between jobs at the moment, consider working with a staffing agency to enrich your
professional life.
This article is provided by Naz Araghian at financial staffing
firm Robert Half. Visit www.roberthalf.ca or follow them on
Twitter at @RobertHalf_CAN. Contact Naz Araghian at naz.
araghian@rhi.com or (416) 350-2330.
