Gossip, Networking and Phones - Administrative Professionals Pulse

Why People Gossip At The Office

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Why People Gossip At The Office By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity D o you gossip at the office? Do you get sucked into the gossip of others? Gossip has never been a positive matter. Send me your comments!

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Call one of your children on the phone. Overall, whether it’s gossip from co-workers, violence in the media, pessimism in your own thoughts or other influences, make conscious efforts to reduce your exposure to the negative. Refresh your network. Pull up those numbers and refresh your network! Drink 10 glasses of water.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called? Whats next?

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Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally?

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Trying to Phone/Fax Internationally? Then you just enter the phone or fax number in the third section. 4comments for this post Regina Thanks for posting the "trying to phone/fax internationally" issue. I found a great website called Time and Date.com. You have yourself the dialing instructions.

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How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate? This happens to the best of us all of the time.

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Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Dos and Donts of Office Romance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 20, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you ever had an office romance with someone? The disadvantages: Gossip will start around the rumour mill quite quickly and have to try to keep it to yourselves.

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Get Rid of Junk Faxes & Telemarketers - For Good!

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you receive junk mail, junk faxes and the occasional irritating phone call from telemarketers? Do you even receive voice mails that are left by people trying to sell you something, but you didn’t even hear the phone ring?

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Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Do you find that your staff are not being consistent with their memos, e-mails , the way they answer the phone , etc.? Another option is to create templates in Microsoft Office and either e-mail them to everyone or place them on a network drive for everyone to access. Just make sure to protect the documents, spreadsheets, etc.

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Fight or Flight? Dealing with a Difficult Colleague!

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff.

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11 Tips To Improve Your Performance

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Avoid people that gossip, you will only get yourself deeper into negativity. Expand your mind.

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 31, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity A re your co-workers annoying you at work by talking to loudly? Home About Me Advertise Co-Workers Annoying You? Do you wish you could take a fog horn and toot it around, just so that they would quiet down?

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Most Irritating Habits of Co-Workers

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Home About Me Advertise Most Irritating Habits of Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 19, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you find yourself among co-workers that are not respectful of your privacy?

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Administrative Jobs Decreasing?

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 21, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking H ave you noticed that Administrative jobs have been more and more difficult to find? Home About Me Advertise Administrative Jobs Decreasing? Have you been laid off in the last few years?

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. How would you feel?

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Sync Your Hand Held Device

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to talk on the phone, make sure that you keep your voice to a lower volume.

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Closing Shared Files While Away From Desk

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Closing Shared Files While Away From Desk By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity D o you share files on a network within your office? Are you the type of person that needs to run between your desk and other places on a regular basis? I am one of these people.

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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 18, 2008

When youre on a phone call, do people hover over you? You dont want people coming up to you, hovering and waiting for you to put down the phone for a few seconds to let them know that you are in a training session. Are you the main contact in your department? Its inevitable, but its part of your job description.

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Got the Flu? Work from Home!

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 10, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Networking , Productivity A re you stuck at home because youre sick? If youre feeling well enough to be able to work from home (telecommuting), an alternative would be to ask your IT department to set you up with VPN (virtual private network) access.

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How to Cope With Co-Workers Arguing

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 21, 2008

Home About Me Advertise How to Cope With Co-Workers Arguing By The Professional Assistant on Monday, January 21, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re on the phone with a client and an argument breaks out between two of your colleagues. You try to plug your other ear to drown out the noise. What do you do?

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Business Card Window Envelopes

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Business Card Window Envelopes By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity H eres an interesting envelope that I found on this website. A person calls another person living far way through an internet phone service. It is easy and very cheap to use.

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Organize With Social Bookmarking!

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 03, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity D o you find articles on this site intriguing? This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. Home About Me Advertise Organize With Social Bookmarking!

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Productivity With Shared Files

Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

" One of the most productive ways to update information on files is to either create or move a file into a shared folder on your companys network drive. If your company doesnt have a network, since you might be in a smaller organization, you can e-mail the file around to the various people and ask them to add their information.

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When "What Do You Do?" Makes You Want to Punch Something

On The Job

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Well, I sit home all day sending out resumes to evil trolls who won't even return a phone call, and then I watch Ellen and Oprah, to make sure I'm up on all the celebrity news before settling in to surf the Internet for endless hours while eating an entire bag of out-of-date Cheetos I bought at the dollar store. Get people talking.

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Can't Find a Job?

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking , Organize , Productivity A re you in the process of looking for a job? Youd be surprised of how many people in your network are willing and able to help out. Home About Me Advertise Cant Find a Job? Change is inevitable.

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Attracting Productivity: Work Environments

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? Do you feel that you are happy at your job?

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! I can then forward it to the particular manager that asked for the reservation, since they can quote the confirmation number to the restaurant, just in case something happens. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

It even happened to me a few times, where people would create files themselves, then send it around to others to review and make changes, but never save it on the network drive. This happens to office workers all of the time. Then a new person comes in, taking over the work and wonders why they cant find the old file.

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Need to Change Excel Details from Vertical to Horizontal or Vice.

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 7, 2010

Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Here are some tips to consider: Even if you dont know the answer to their question, tell them that you will get back to them via e-mail, phone, etc. You can avoid this by taking a proactive approach to client concerns. Make sure to give them a timeline of approximately how long it will take for you to get the answer to them.

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

That’s what The Weather Network is for. Most of the time, they tend to stand in the middle of the elevator, for easier access to exit. If you have a cold, make sure to cover your mouth and nose, even if you don’t have a tissue. No one wants you to report the weather. You will make your day and everyone else’s a better one.

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

Microsoft Excel

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Men Wearing Shorts At The Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

I work in a back office environment, where 99% of our client interaction is via the phone, e-mail or outside of the office, so I can wear jeans and a t-shirt. It would be interesting to see how many companies would allow for this type of dress code, since quite a lot of places have client visits on a regular basis.

2008

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Phishing & Spam - Not Your Everyday Food Items!

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Do you fear that opening an e-mail will cause a virus to roam around your firms network and do some potential damage? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, December 14, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , System Security D o you receive spam in your e-mail box? How can you determine whats real and whats not? Youre not alone.

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Going Above and Beyond "Work"

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Going Above and Beyond "Work" By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity D o you find yourself going into work day after day, week after week, feeling like you could do just a little more? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

2008

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

This lessens the time you have to spend on the phone. Virtual Assistant Manager is a website that I recently stumbled upon which helps you and/or your organization thrive in this type of environment. Here are some core benefits that were taken directly from the site: Allowing clients to enter in their own task requests.

2008

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Want to Blog About Your Work?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Networking , Productivity D o you want to help your firm exceed in the business world? Home About Me Advertise Want to Blog About Your Work? Do you have a knack for writing? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Seminars for Professional Assistants

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 16, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Seminars for Professional Assistants By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity A re you looking to improve your skills and catch up with the latest office trends ? Are you trying to get that raise or promotion that you so well deserve?

2008

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No E-mail Day?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2007

They can use any other means of communication, even picking up the phone and talking to each other. There have been instances of where employees that sit a few cubicles away from each other prefer to e-mail rather than walk over or call the other on the phone. E-mail is strictly prohibited and is enforced.

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E-mails Should Not Be Like a Game of Tennis!

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

Using e-mail is a great tool, especially if you are trying to cut down on company costs via international phone calls and postage fees. People use e-mail too frequently, making messages more and more convoluted as they go back and forth like a tennis ball. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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