Workplace Insight

JUNE 19, 2025

Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index Special Report, Breaking down the infinite workday , warns that the traditional boundaries of the working day have dissolved under a flood of emails, messages and meetings. are triaging overflowing inboxes, and the average employee receives 117 emails a day—most scanned in under a minute.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Upwork’s 2023 Freelance Forward survey also showed that 47% of freelancers (roughly 30 million people) provide services such as IT, computer programming, marketing and business consulting. She provides social media management, digital advertising and email marketing services. workforce and adding $1.27 in Los Angeles.

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Success

MAY 31, 2022

An email preview pops up in the corner of your screen. Beeps, ringtones, notifications, calendar reminders and vibrations. In the Things That Matter Survey , we asked, “Do you feel that you are spending your time and resources on less important pursuits at the expense of things that matter most to you?” Celebrity gossip.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. Set up a calendar for regular check-ins and deadlines. Who hires freelancers?

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Success

JUNE 2, 2023

Checking your boss’ calendar in advance to see what they have before and after your conversation can help you pick an ideal time, and make sure they can devote the appropriate amount of time and focus to the conversation,” Abrahams says. You want to make sure that your audience is not rushed and can focus.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In preparation for a webinar I held on October 8 called Managing Your Executive’s Day , we sent out a survey and received 700+ responses to the questions “What is your biggest struggle in partnering with your executive?” Need for access to his email. Blocking his calendar to work on his projects. Can you relate? Mind reading!

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

The more detailed my calendar, the more prepared and focused I am. I often find myself pulled in too many directions, reacting to phone calls, email and other stuff that pops up. What are my top priorities—no more than three—for the week, and what activities could distract me? Committing my priorities to words focuses me mentally.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

In fact, surveys have shown that the majority of people have so much clutter on their desk that they aren’t even able to see their workspace beneath it. Although our email inboxes may be constantly brimming with unread messages, the benefit of email and computers is that there is little need to print out excess papers.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

However, following our recent Industry Snapshot survey, we have a lot of interesting data that shows us the areas in which you have the most influence. According to the Practically Perfect PA survey, 69% of assistants screen calls on a regular basis while over 85% look after their Executive’s emails and calendars.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 4, 2022

To keep attracting the best candidates and clients for your recruitment agency, you need to have a good hang of writing exceptional recruiting emails. Right from sending good candidate sourcing emails to rejection emails , your candidates and clients must be informed at every stage of the hiring process.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In 2015, Jasmine Freeman sent out a survey to our webinar attendees and asked them to identify one thing that was standing in the way or was a barrier in their relationship with their manager. Here are some ideas: Daily Calendars Technology is not perfect and neither are humans. Consolidate emails/list. Shared calendar.

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Energage

DECEMBER 17, 2024

When you take the time to survey your team, you gain invaluable insights into their needs, priorities, and frustrations. When asked how meetings could be improved, employees commented:  “A lot of the time, these are things that can be handled via email.” “As a manager, I have too many meetings.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 28, 2016

Office Dynamics often surveys managers and high-level executives as to the skills, attitudes, and behaviors that are most important for an assistant to possess. A must-have skill when managing your executive’s calendar is to understand your executive must have down time.”. Here are some non-edited , direct quotes from them.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Features like living itineraries, trip approval emails, and traveler profiles will help all administrative professionals plan travel more efficiently and totally rock the travel planner hat. Gone are the days of inefficient communications with multiple emails discussing optimal flight times. Inefficient Communications.

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Productivityist

MARCH 23, 2014

The results of my first reader survey have been tabulated, a little more than six weeks after asking people to take it. Now I’m going to share some of the data with you… Based on the survey, the majority of my audience is male — over 75%. Thanks again to all of you that participated in the survey.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Thanks again to everyone who completed the Practically Perfect PA Industry Snapshot survey. Many organisations, for security reasons, do not allow staff to use their own devices for work including access to emails etc. It would certainly stop you checking emails at ungodly hours, which can only be a good thing! Skyscanner.

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Productivityist

MARCH 23, 2014

The results of my first reader survey have been tabulated, a little more than six weeks after asking people to take it. Based on the survey, the majority of my audience is male — over 75%. That doesn''t mean that the odd ad-hoc email won''t make its way to your inbox, but those instances will be few and far between.).

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

So I recently asked my lovely readers to complete a survey on the blog and also asked a few questions around the assistant profession itself and two such questions were – ‘what do you enjoy most about the role?’ When people bombard me with emails and expect an immediate response. Being on call 24/7. Office politics.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

After conducting a survey of about 4000+ of my Twitter followers, I learned that people have a real challenge figuring out where to pay attention and how to figure it out. PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )? 

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 13, 2010

Before investing in any search strategy, reputation management or otherwise, plan things out, survey the options that are available, and take action. If you are interested in using SEO as a reputation management tool for your business, these five strategies, tips, and tactics could be of value. 1) Create brand-friendly domain names.

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Generally, these actions include signing up for a free trial program, joining a new website, or completing an online survey. Using email, address, or name submission forms, affiliates are paid for every user that submits their contact information to the advertising business. Opt-in programs are particularly popular.

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Productivityist

APRIL 15, 2014

My "gateway" email addresses. I use multiple email addresses rather than filters for a number of reasons, which I discussed in an earlier post. Having a virtual assistant (or Zirtual Assistant, in this case) afforded me the opportunity to offload my "gateway" email addresses to someone else. The 3 Things I Learned. It''s great.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  Accenture conducted a survey of 1,000 middle managers in large companies in the U.S.   So, the next time you have a project that is important consider the following: Block the time on your calendar. Email is the ultimate distraction that most of us face now.    The good news is that you can solve it !

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

No more endless emails to check or impromptu calls to answer: your admin is your gatekeeper. More Focus + Productivity Help Eliminate Stress The most significant way an admin gives you more time for focus and productivity is by managing your calendar and email. Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Thank you!

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BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You can easily embed surveys and other forms to increase lead generation on your web pages. A calendar view for better time management. Both Trello and Pipedrive enable users to create custom fields to trigger numerous workflow tasks, such as setting up personalized emails to send whenever you create a new deal. Prospector.

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Productivityist

APRIL 8, 2014

I felt that they were the best option based on my needs and budget, so I sent them an email and was scheduled to have a call with a within the next couple of days. Needless to say, I decided to hand over access to my personal calendar shortly after my initial meeting with my ZA. In the end, I went with Zirtual. Information'

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 31, 2023

According to a recent survey, companies that tried out employee monitoring tools discovered 53% of employees were engaging in nonwork-related activities for 3 or more hours of the workday. 1: Track their email activity The average professional spends 28% of their time writing, sending, and responding to emails. Why is that?

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Men With Pens

APRIL 29, 2012

Put ebook-writing appointments into your calendar at regular intervals. That might mean spending the first hour of every day on your ebook (yep, before you check emails) or it could mean blocking out a couple of afternoons each week. Or if you’re not sure, you could run a survey to find out what readers want or need.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

‘I have this big project, he’s not letting me on his calendar, how can I remedy that?’ Employees were asked to share a personal story or something meaningful to them that would serve to inspire one another through an encouraging email to the entire firm. Instead, they reached out via phone calls, emails, and texts.

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Success

OCTOBER 2, 2024

workforce) making it out there on their own, according to a 2023 UpWork survey. It helped them to start delegating smaller items before all of the invoicing or email management. I’ll scan my email, apps and bank accounts to see what’s happening while my kids get ready. And everyone needs colleagues, even if you are remote.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Tame Your Email 1. Turn off email alerts when emails arrive in your inbox. If you know that you will never answer an email, delete it right away. Create email folders same as you would for word doc and paper files. Utilize your calendar to schedule tasks. In the calendar. Grocery shopping? Triumph!

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Recruit CRM

JULY 14, 2020

A recent online survey conducted by Recruit CRM revealed that more than 98% of recruitment agencies with 10 recruiters or more used an Applicant Tracking System. Imagine the efficiency improvements if you do not have to deal with lots of emails, excel sheets and remember notings, appointments etc which are now handled on a single platform.

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some of the significant features that you're bound to notice in a good recruitment software include— Resume parsing Advanced search Candidate sourcing In-built CRM software Email templates Advanced reports Various integrations Now let's find out how an ATS works— 1. You end up with less paperwork and a more organised process.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. 1) Send an email response. 2) Turn your email into a blog post - at least 250 words, spell-checked and edited. (3) The list itself could be one. Let the articles begin.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

I understand a company would be interested in knowing why people unsubscribe so they can improve their business, but a quick voluntary survey back would have been more appropriate. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Allwork

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tip : Consider creating a shared calendar where employees can mark their holiday time off, including both full days and partial days. During the holiday season, not everyone will be available during the same hours, so establishing a clear protocol for email responses, Slack messages, and meeting updates will help prevent confusion.

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Karen Vivarelli

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Note 2: If you’re a new virtual assistant, this is the list to take note of and download my Ultimate Roadmap To Become A VA here. This is a great list to get you thinking on what you can outsource in your business. Happy outsourcing! The post 101 Tasks To Outsource To A Virtual Assistant appeared first on Karen Vivarelli.

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