Ask the Admin Pro Coach: A compilation of 20 questions from administrative professionals globally to the Admin Pro Coach and the Admin Pro Coach's responses.

These Q&A reprints previously appeared in The Effective Admin newsletter issues from September 2008 through July 2011. The Admin Pro Coach is Karen Porter. She is The Effective Admin founder and president who also advises and coaches administrative professionals about their job performance and career success. If a multi-hundred dollar consultation with your own personal coach and advisor, or Admin Pro Coach Karen Porter, isn't in your budget this year, check out this resource. Porter may have already advised another administrative professional in regard to the same issue.

Table of Contents
Question 1: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Project Overload Dilemma - p. 3

Question 2: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Supervisor Dilemma: Communicating Why You Terminated Their Co-worker and Quelling Related Fears - p. 4

Question 3: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Seeking Promotion — Ambitious Admin Seeks Promotion Beyond Admin Level - p. 6

Question 4: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Succeeding Despite Lost Confidence - p. 9

Question 5: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Career Path for Administrative Professional - p.11

Question 6: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses When to Just Handle it Without Informing Your Boss - p.12

Question 7: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Recommended Classes for Aspiring Administrative Assistants - p.14

Question 8: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Improving Attention to Detail to Avoid Mistakes - p. 16

Question 9: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Goal Setting for Secretaries and Assistants - p. 17

Question 10: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Do I Need to “Dumb Down” my Resume to get a Job? - p.19

Question 11: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Skills Needed to be Relevant and Competitive in Admin Field - p. 21

Question 12: Dear Admin Pro Coach — Re. Communication Skills Hampering my Image and Career - p. 22

Question 13: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Arguing My Case for Remuneration That Suits the Workload - p. 24

Question 14: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Tips to Manage Travel and Calendar for Globe-Trotting CEO - p. 26

Question 15: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses SMART Goal Setting for Executive Assistant - p. 28

Question 16: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Letting New Bosses Know About Your Qualifications, Abilities and Role in the Organization - p. 30

Question 17: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Need New Job Title for my Same Job Duties - p. 31

Question 18: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Stuck at a Dead End Without Passion; Where to From Here? - p. 33

Question 19: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses How to Respond to Job Application Salary History Request, Especially When I Don’t Want to - p. 35

Question 20: Dear Admin Pro Coach Addresses Your Thoughts on if and What Professional Certifications for Executive Admins Will Boost my Career - p. 36

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If you have a question for the Admin Pro Coach Karen Porter, go here to read the directions for sending it to the coach: http://www.admin-ezine.com/admin-pro-coach.htm Not all questions are chosen for a response but yours may be one that is chosen to be responded to in one of the publications of The Effective Admin. Your question should be related to your administrative professional job performance or career.