Thinking Outside the Job Description Box
Professional Assistant Blog
MARCH 20, 2008
Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills.
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The E-tiquette of E-mail
Professional Assistant Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2008
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. 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. Watson Associates Inc.,
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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.
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FEBRUARY 19, 2009
What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names?
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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.
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AUGUST 15, 2009
Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead.
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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2009
Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.
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Contest!
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NOVEMBER 9, 2008
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We have a winner!
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NOVEMBER 10, 2008
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Different spellings: British, Canadian and American
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FEBRUARY 27, 2009
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Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!
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APRIL 22, 2009
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Go with your gut feeling!
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MAY 31, 2009
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100 Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.
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DECEMBER 28, 2009
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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog
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JANUARY 10, 2010
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Cystic Fibrosis
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
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Kings and Queens of the Office
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OCTOBER 4, 2008
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100 October 15th, Blog Action Day: Poverty
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OCTOBER 14, 2008
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Happy New Year! Now don't forget to put the correct year on your.
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JANUARY 1, 2009
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Training On-line
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JANUARY 19, 2009
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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary
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JANUARY 31, 2009
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MARCH 1, 2009
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100 How to get Office fat fast.
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MARCH 21, 2009
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MAY 1, 2009
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Colour Coding Works.
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JUNE 23, 2009
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A funny thing happened on the way to the office.
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JUNE 27, 2009
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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.
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AUGUST 22, 2009
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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
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A twelve step program to survive as an Admin
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OCTOBER 31, 2009
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I gave at the office
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JANUARY 23, 2010
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When your voicemail goes awry.
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FEBRUARY 7, 2010
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Dealing in real time.
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FEBRUARY 13, 2010
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100 Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?
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FEBRUARY 27, 2010
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We did it Canada!
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FEBRUARY 28, 2010
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100 Admin Buddies
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MARCH 20, 2010
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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.
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APRIL 5, 2010
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Going Checklist Crazy
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2008
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro
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OCTOBER 18, 2008
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Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections
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OCTOBER 26, 2008
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100 It's Lonely in the Corner Office.
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NOVEMBER 1, 2008
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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2008
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NOVEMBER 27, 2008
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What happens at the office Christmas party, stays at the office.
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DECEMBER 13, 2008
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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?
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DECEMBER 17, 2008
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JANUARY 3, 2009
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10 Things = Frustration
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JANUARY 19, 2009
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