Focuses on the training and development needs of admin professionals and features topics such as hard skills (software competencies, writing, communication, filing) and soft skills (teamwork, time management, leadership).
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UPDATE PM #40065782 P R O F E S S IO N A L D E V E L O P M E N T F O R C A N A DA' S O F F IC E S U P P O R T S TA F F Administrative Assistant's UPDATE INSIDE Short-sighted boss . . . . . . . . . 2 Elon Musk, visionary business mogul, loses sight of EA's value Virtual assistants for real . . . . 4 Merged associations serve 1,000 Canadian members Working from home . . . . . . . . 6 VA Melissa Haddad has clients in three provinces IAAP restructures . . . . . . . . . . 7 Admin association hopes to reverse membership loss Continued on page 3 2016 Salary Guide Premium pay for technical, language skills By George Pearson Salaries for administrative assistants continue to rise, with a premium placed on technical skills and expert multilingual abilities in selected markets. Salaries for senior executive assistants in Canada show a four per cent increase from the previous year and other administrative levels range from 3.7 per cent (entry level administrative assistants) to 3.9 per cent (executive assistants), according to the Robert Half Offi ceTeam 2016 Salary Guide: Administrative Hiring Trends released in September. The Salary Guide shows that the pay range for an entry-level administrative assistant in Vancouver is $36,365 to $44,417. In that same locale the pay range for a senior executive assistant is $64,938 to $83,380. In Winnipeg the pay range for an entry-level administrative assistant is $31,675 to $38,689 and for a senior executive assistant the range is $56,563 to $72,626. Toronto shows the highest pay levels; the range for an entry-level administrative assistant is $36,715 to $44,845 and for a senior executive assistant is $65,563 to $84,182. Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa are near that level as well. Offi ceTeam, in a survey of 613 senior managers in the United States and Canada, confi rmed that expertise in the Microsoft Offi ce suite (Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint) is a basic requirement for all levels of administrative professionals. At the higher levels of executive assistants, especially at the C-suite level, Microsoft A job or a career? One-third of workers say they have a job, not a career, according to a recent survey of 1,520 employees in the United States and Canada by Mercer, a global consultant on tal- ent, health, retirement and invest- ments. The fi ndings from Employee Views on Moving Up vs. Moving On signal what companies can do to attract and retain staff. By outlining specifi c skill sets for career paths, organizations can help employees better understand their growth potential, according to Ilene Siscovick, Partner and North America Talent and Career Leader at Mercer, in a press release. For more details, see page 2. Credit: Juan Nel/Shutterstock OCTOBER 2015 P R O F E S S IO N A L D E V E L O P M E N T F O R C A N A DA' S O F F IC E S U P P O R T S TA F F Assistant's UPDATE 2016 Salary Guide 2016 Salary Guide Premium pay for technical, language skills Salaries for administrative assistants continue to rise, with a premium placed on technical skills and expert multilingual abilities in selected Salaries for senior executive assistants in Canada show a four per cent increase from the previous year and other administrative levels range from 3.7 per cent (entry level administrative assistants) to 3.9 per cent (executive assistants), Robert Half Offi ceTeam 2016 Salary Guide: Administrative Hiring Trends released in September. shows that the pay range for an entry-level administrative assistant in Vancouver is $36,365 to $44,417. In that same locale the pay range for a senior OCTOBER 2015