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Navigating Office Politics: How to Play the Game & Why You Should

Eat Your Career

Many people think of maneuvering, manipulation, and power playsbackstabbing, gossip, and favoritism. Whether someone is making a purchase decision or deciding who to promote or hire or invite to join a special project, they simply cant help but consider the person and their feelings about them. But I want to challenge that perception.

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Looking for Great Deals For Your Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you the person that purchases stationary and other items for your department? There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc.

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Five Ways to Respond to Social Media Challenges and Criticism

Andrea Kalli

Some criticisms just are not worth responding to, most notably ‘snark’-style blog comments and angry gossip articles. Gauge the value of a response. Take the celebrity strategy — respond to criticism that’s worthy of your input, and ignore anything that isn’t.

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Blogging Here and There

Professional Assistant Blog

Many online companies provide webhosting domain but a thorough knowledge is required to purchase it. The online backup stores online data and keep its record for security and recovery purposes. Wireless internet cafe are not very common, but people are asking for it day and night. Thus blogging is becoming the norm at these cafés.

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Tired of Sending Recurring E-mails?

Professional Assistant Blog

You can use either an online service called LetterMeLater.com or purchase SendLater for Microsoft Outlook. You can create a Microsoft Outlook e-mail template , which you can open and manipulate as you go along. The only downfall is that you would have to send manually each time.

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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

It even provides you with a detailed map of the location, you can purchase flowers for the person that you are dining with and you can even earn dining rewards points towards a gift certificate for the choice of restaurant that’s part of this site.

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Contest: Best Stress Tips - Win $1500

Professional Assistant Blog

No purchase is necessary to enter, so why not try your luck! Eclipse gum is offering employees this and all you need to do is submit your best stress relief tip and how chewing gum helps you get rid of the bad stuff at work. Simply log onto their site at [link] and follow the instructions. Now think of it this way.

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