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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

Office Dynamics

It began several years ago when I started working for Mr. H as a temp. Later I was recruited by Mr. W – he made it clear that my first priority was to create a highly functioning admin team and to assist him with his management team. At any given moment we are asked and expected to be: Calendar Managers. Facility Managers.

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How to Stay Your Professional Best During Summer

Office Dynamics

I know that when I travel in the summer to places that are 85 degrees with 80% humidity, I feel like a mess! Is your company cost conscious therefore keeping the temp in the office higher than you would like it? Did you ever notice how when the temperatures rise or it is hot, humid and sticky, people are less patient? Drink water!

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

professor emeritus of human resource management at Rutgers University and editor of Compensation & Benefits Review. Some managers worry about investing in developing people who can then easily take those skills to a competitor,” says David G. a former human resource management professor at Rutgers. Allen, Ph.D.,

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How Assistants Manage Their Workload (and all the extras, like training!)

Office Dynamics

Here’s how assistants manage their workload and find time for other things, like training! . I am so impressed with administrative and executive assistants who manage their workload in addition to spending several days away from the office for training and development. This entails four consecutive days (full days) of training.

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More Canadians Becoming Freelancers

Small Business Labs

  From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. The latest data show that there is an ongoing loss of full-time and permanent jobs. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference.

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Will Google ever stop amazing me? Introducing Goog/411

Laughing all the Way to Work

Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" " Warning! or p.m.?

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