Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

And of course, theres the dreaded shredding of confidential documents. You keep printing document after document, not realizing how many trees you are using and how much waste you are creating. Think ahead and see if you can e-mail or transfer your documents in an electronic format to others. This will save your company time and money.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc. Here are the basic rules to do this: Start off with something positive, such as you have been working hard on whatever project you want to mention and show some results of this. and would like to get their help on getting these done.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 18, 2008

If you are on a training course via your computer (WebEx) and listening in to the presenter, you want your full attention on the seminar or workshop that you are attending at your cubicle. You usually are the main source of contact for any and all questions in your department, including clients asking questions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact. Click on the arrow down button right beside the "New" button, then click "Distribution List" Here you can either "Select Members" or "Add New" Select Members is used to find contacts that are already in your address book.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 13, 2008

Of course, the rest of us had to follow this schedule and would have to take time off during these periods. In this case, I dont have to worry about taking extra days off, since I dont really follow the religious holidays that I was brought up with, which in turn, are part of the regular holidays that come up each year.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 28, 2008

Of course, you have to present yourself well, answer the interview questions properly, have the skills and knowledge of the position you are applying for and a few other factors that help you get the job. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 15, 2008

There is life outside of the office, but of course, you need to go to work to get your bread and butter. You feel that your work life is in place and need to find some balance in other parts of your life? Up until recently, I too felt this way. Work is work, which can definitely be fulfilling, which I have to admit, is great in my life.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer? Do you feel that you could be helping the client even if you dont know the answer to their issue right away? This happens so often within large corporations, since most of them care only about the bottom line - money! Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

If there are some negative feedback, let them go, it builds conversations (of course take out the spam) 2. 3comments for this post Chris Salazar Good points. Id like to add two important notes: 1. Enable comments and like you said do not screen them. No ghost writing.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 3, 2008

Of course, the inverse also works. The key to quick transitions, I’ve found, is to keep local copies of all emails. I route my email accounts through Outlook so there are hard copies of everything just in case. I even do this with my Gmail accounts.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Here are 5 ways to score brownie points with your boss and get that promotion or raise (or both) a little faster: The one thing that I’ve learned over the course of my career is to try getting to know your boss. Are you a seasoned veteran like myself (well, this is what people tell me)?

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

Heres the link: www.findaseminar.com/administrative-seminars.html Also, one other thing I wanted to mention is that the company that I work at has online courses that I can take. If you are in a different country, I can try to find you some others as well. This definitely helped my position.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

This, of course, is heaven to some, but like me, cant stand being bored. By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself being bored out of your mind at times with nothing to do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Our jobs are not limited to just being a “secretary” We may need to look at courses that will help us reach our goals, but the possibilities can be endless when we think outside the box. They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

With the increasing use of e-mail as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and donts for the assistant. Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Who are you?

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Page Personnel

AUGUST 7, 2017

Pro tip: collecting business cards can really help and you can make brief notes on the back to remember who is whom.) Mimic what you see around you (while still maintaining your own unique personality, of course), and you’ll be on track to fitting in fast. Do you have any tips for office etiquette? What do people wear?

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

’ Branding used to be just associated with a company logo or a business card, but that was 20 years ago. Branding is how businesses live and breathe. The quick video-clips are ideal for staff meeting openers, weekly mini-courses, or tools for reinforcing an already great customer service culture.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

As you can tell, I really try to be in tune with nature and of course, love my wife. This really does help me get through those rough days - but there are great days as well, of course. Of course, it doesnt have to be money. Keep it short and simple though. Im sure you get the idea. Whats next?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Reply Heather Villa ( @IAC_Heather ) November 20, 2009 at 5:17 am “Are all your friends, the people you talk to, and the peers you hang out with all sort of in the same circle as you?&# – Of course not and yet you’re right, we seek out and interact more with those in our main niche in our online community. So yesyesyes.

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JULY 15, 2010

The author also emphasized the importance of marketing to help create a successful business and touches upon social media including Facebook, Twitter, blogging, and of course, the company website. The price was $4,200, a higher price than the woman had expected, but the salesperson offered her interest free financing for 36 months.

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