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What 30 Days of Productivity Taught Me About Finding Time

Success

When she asked me to play the assigned pieces, it was clear I hadn’t touched any part of my keyboard or even glanced at the sheet music outside of her practice room. I walked down to the office parking lot and lifted a huge keyboard from the trunk of my ca­r­—the same Casio keyboard I used as a kid before I got bored with my lessons.

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For Beginners: Keyboarding

Administrative Arts

For those just starting out in the clerical field, I cannot stress enough working on your keyboarding skills. Here’s a few sites on-line where you can get some keyboarding practice: Peter’s On-line Typing Course – this is the best one, in my opinion. Keyboard Lessons – 10 lessons for keyboarding.

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5 Scientifically Proven Tips to Boost Your Productivity

Productivity Bits

Ideally, get up from your desk and get some air before resuming. Learn to Touch Type Although millennials who have grown up with keyboards as an extension of their fingers may feel that they are competent typists, there is a correct way to do it. Avoid this by scheduling your day into bite-size chunks, allowing for regular breaks.

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How to Find a Job Using Social Media

On The Job

I asked for more details and then sent in my resume." Srinivas Rao , 32, who graduated from Pepperdine University with a master's in business last year, says he "knew sending resumes out was a lost cause," but he continued to do so. They learned a lot about me from my blog — much more than they would with just a resume.

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Dancing With Purple Polar Bears

On The Job

The cast is off and the fingers of both hands are back on the keyboard. Before you send off that resume, use this quick checklist from Keppie Careers to make sure you've covered the bases. Before you send off that resume, use this quick checklist from Keppie Careers to make sure you've covered the bases.

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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

Of course, I love my iPad (newer, bigger, lightweight screen with the keyboard by Apple); loving my AirPods (no wires!); Sometimes there are just too many options and it can be overwhelming. And I find some of them do not make me more productive. I use a few good apps special to my needs. I have an Alexa I use frequently.

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.

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