Practically Perfect PA

MAY 8, 2017

Complex travel arrangements – flights, hotels, trains, visas. Processing expense claims. I’m an early bird so I’m usually up at 5.30 I’m an early bird so I’m usually up at 5.30 I begin each day by checking the directors calendars, then my ‘to do list’. I organise internal and external events. for the gym!

Microsoft Outlook 178

Microsoft Outlook PDF Calendars Expenses 178

Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Try This Instead | Main | Be Smart About Using the Telephone » The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh In We are in the home stretch of 2009 -- bring on 2010!!    One item frequently purchased at this time of year is a calendar or planner for the upcoming year. 

Calendars 100

Calendars Microsoft Outlook Twitter Purchasing 100

Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

As I’ve always said our main role as assistants is to free up time in our executive’s day so that they can focus on the big stuff. There are so many ways we can help them with this from managing their calendar effectively, minimising interruptions and generally keeping them on track. Business travel.

Management 100

Management Suppliers Holidays Calendars 100

C-Suite Assistants

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They schedule both business and personal appointments, maintain the calendar, and are responsible for a full range of administrative and personal duties—from managing correspondence and making appointments to booking speaking engagements and event planning. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life. What Type of Assistant Should I Hire?

Payroll 74

Payroll Lifestyle Gifts Calendars 74

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 8, 2017

Complex travel arrangements – flights, hotels, trains, visas. Processing expense claims. I’m an early bird so I’m usually up at 5.30 I’m an early bird so I’m usually up at 5.30 I begin each day by checking the directors calendars, then my ‘to do list’. I organise internal and external events. for the gym!

Microsoft Outlook 100

Microsoft Outlook PDF Calendars Expenses 100

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 9, 2024

Work-life balance is the delicate art of juggling professional responsibilities and personal well-being in a manner that ensures neither takes priority at the expense of the other. What is Work-Life Balance, and Why Does It Matter? The dividends of increased productivity are manifold.

Environment 52

Environment Skills Travel Health 52

Office Dynamics

MARCH 18, 2015

Now this came from an executive who traveled around the world, would work until 2:00 a.m., Daily Calendars. It is easy to place a wrong time or wrong date on a calendar. Or because so many executives are independent, they place events on their own calendars and forget to inform their administrative partner.

Management 100

Management Calendars Assertiveness Administrative Professionals 100

All Things Admin

JUNE 23, 2021

Procedures show you, step-by-step, how to perform a specific task – for example, completing an expense report or submitting a check request. It should be easy for someone else to pick up, follow, and achieve the same results, even if they’ve never touched the project before. Travel planning. Meeting and event planning.

Agenda 90

Agenda Equipment Administrative Professionals Calendars 90

Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Here are some of my favourites: Great Apps: Travel. This app is slightly expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. It is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Expenses Phones 100

C-Suite Assistants

JANUARY 12, 2021

Far too much rests on your shoulders to let calendar planning, telephone calls, travel booking, and other administrative responsibilities interfere with your performance. They save time on prepping material for meetings, creating travel schedules, and enabling executives to make remote decisions. Since 2000, More than 1.6

Salary 52

Salary Travel Calendars Expenses 52

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Here are a few of my favourites: Travel. This app is slightly more expensive but worth paying for if your manager travels a lot. You can set it for your current location or receive alerts from places you are planning to travel too. And it is also handy for when your manager is travelling. FlightTrack: £2.99

Restaurants 100

Restaurants Travel Phones Calendars 100

C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 31, 2021

Not only are you focusing on how to grow your business through hiring, training and fundraising, but you are also juggling the million administrative tasks that come up during the day. Startups are all about keeping up this momentum and energy, putting systems in place to manage rapid growth and a lot of hard work and innovation.

Social Media 52

Social Media Skills Environment Calendars 52

C-Suite Assistants

JULY 26, 2021

Virtual assistants can give you a lot of freedom by taking on repetitive and administrative tasks and freeing up time to attend to other aspects of the business. Some virtual assistants may cover more than one time zone, or you can work together to come up with a coverage plan. This is not necessarily the case.

Time Zones 52

Time Zones Social Media Calendars Expenses 52

Allwork

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In his work, he’s always built for impact at the intersection of real estate and travel technology. Blending local education, coworking, and travel, it’s a transformative experience for every generation and a fresh twist on the future of work. . You had the freedom to travel when you wanted. Jo Meunier [00:04:07] Expensive! .

Travel 130

Travel Lifestyle Time Zones AT&T 130

Stephanie LH Calahan

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Fun travel apps are Skype (for calling home), SimplyNoise (great for sleeping in noisy places), Sit or Squat (find a bathroom), and CheapGas. My Kindle app is a lifesaver while traveling. My calendar syncs with my Apple products as well. For business, my Paypal app is probably my favorite, and my Square, for taking payments.

2003 100

2003 Dropbox Fax Social Media 100

Productivityist

JANUARY 19, 2017

One of the reasons I worked with NeuYear was to build a calendar I could use for this process. Want a less expensive version you can print at home? Watch for those posts to go up on the last Tuesday or Thursday of every month.). If you can get a blend like I have going on, then you tend to have a more harmonious year.

2017 40

2017 2016 Travel Calendars 40

Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

xo, Melissa I very recently made the decision to leave a role without another one lined up. He asked me if I was open to hearing his recommendations on how to tighten the resume up so it would be more effective and attract more response. If you haven't done so yet, follow her on LinkedIn ! You are welcome!

Resume 52

Resume Administrative Professionals Cover Letter Temping 52

Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 1, 2014

I started out as a receptionist and ended up as an EA. This role included updating my Executive’s CV, keeping licenses current for my exec, helping with the immigration process (my exec wasn’t a citizen at the time), and my absolute favourite, figuring out how to get a lot of expensive furniture imported from Asia!

Finance 100

Finance Salary Filing Project Management 100

Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 6, 2008

In particular, if your client’s site is a teenager now, you should help him prepare a budget for an update (kind of like paying for orthodontia, but maybe not as expensive). Whether table-based or rife with other deprecated (or soon to be) tags, these sites should all be updated and be completely modernized using CSS.

2002 100

2002 2005 2004 2008 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. I travel far to try and find a full-serve station, but they are becoming extinct. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Recently, I bought a new laptop.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

The tool allows us to know where the business stands at-a-glance, view client data, track sales and expenses, create and manage invoices/purchase orders as well as see industry trends. I set up recurring appointments for things like bookkeeping or marketing. I set up recurring appointments for things like bookkeeping or marketing.

Filing 100

Filing Office Depot Microsoft Outlook Phones 100

Stephanie LH Calahan

MARCH 5, 2010

T hen I just review each night for the next day to make sure I am on task - I take my daily to-dos from my master and I schedule my to-do mistycb   @ StephCalahan using iPhone apps:etodo,calendar & www.hassleme.co.uk/ deusami   @ StephCalahan Trying out a moleskin plan. I set up alerts to remind me that they're coming up.

Management 100

Management Agenda Calendars Twitter 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. I went to pick up dinner tonight and a lovely girl behind me commented how we just ordered the same dish - a salad with extra lettuce and mild and medium salsa.

Customer Service 40

Customer Service Gifts Finance Calendars 40

C-Suite Assistants

JULY 31, 2023

This includes the ability to manage your calendar by coordinating your work and personal calendars, schedule meetings, and, most importantly, determine scheduling priorities on your calendar Organization: An executive assistant helps set up standard operating procedures and improve business processes, including “electronic” organization.

Calendars 86

Calendars Travel International PowerPoint 86

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Every admin wears many hats: office manager, personal assistant, life coach, travel planner. Every time your manager is heading out of town, it’s time for you to don your travel planner hat, slip into your traveler’s shoes, and equip yourself with your suite of travel planning tools. Organising Traveler Information.

Travel 100

Travel Google Docs Administrative Professionals ASAP 100

Administrative Arts

AUGUST 16, 2010

Managing Calendars. This includes setting up and managing electronic and physical files. Scheduling and Setting Up Meetings. This would include confirming attendees, scheduling conference rooms, setting up conference calls, and managing multi-media needs. Making Travel Arrangements and Compiling Expense Reports.

Fax 40

Fax PowerPoint Filing Meeting Minutes 40

Virtual Moxie

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Shes used to acting in plays, performing her music, taking dance classes, organizing events, having up to 20 credit hours of classes, and working at the performing arts center. Tears welled up as yet another decision had to be made about a beloved activity. Its been tough for her to figure out what to say yes or no to.

2010 100

2010 Health Training Calendars 100

Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. We had a great (albeit expensive) time. MUCH longer.

2015 40

2015 2016 Calendars 2014 40

Productivityist

DECEMBER 31, 2015

It’s amazing how quickly the calendar year has flown by. At the end of each calendar year, I like to look back and see where I’ve been and what I’ve done. But for the purposes of this post, I’ve scanned them to get a sense of my calendar year in review. We had a great (albeit expensive) time. MUCH longer.

2015 40

2015 2016 Calendars 2014 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? 411 Look Up 411.ca

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Interviewing Holidays 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2010 International 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Still trying to keep up with my blog and column to answer your great questions and comments! It is never their life goal to grow up to be an executive assistant. Hello New and Returning Readers, I have a column at jobstr.com under Hollywood Executive Assistant. The latest 2 questions I answered over there are below. To get you started.

Salary 40

Salary Customer Service Promotion Calendars 40

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

Do You Have A Pain In Your Back-up? Everything is backed up on the web automatically. > I take pictures & videos, enabling me to 'capture the moment' > The reminder facility is fab & I also use it as my back-up alarm for those early morning meetings. I use Carbonite. I don't have to schedule anything.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Google Docs Dropbox Filing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

Since I got in at 9 and my boss was in an hour before me, I knew he had probably seen it already so decided to suck it up and just go in and ask him. He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." 411 Look Up 411.ca Good thing I checked.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP Holidays 2009 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 25, 2009

The executive basically yelled at me for showing up for the interview because he wasn't a CEO and he thought it was absurd that I would even show up for a non-CEO executive assistant position. But admin work is very vague - phones, travel, calendar, expense reports, etc.

Job Hunting 40

Job Hunting Interviewing Resume Agencies 40

Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

I printed his e-ticket and had everything prepared for his travel. Linda (our travel agent) was obviously having a bad day. He wrote in one sentence that he had "expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." Up to that point neither of us had realized the significance of its location.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones 2010 IAAP International 100