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How to Successfully Manage Remote Employees

Office Dynamics

In fact, between 2005 and 2012, the number of remote workers in the U.S. Basecamp is one of the oldest and can be used to monitor project discussions, assign tasks, access documents and schedule work. grew by almost 80 percent. In 2014, 10 percent of all employees worked remotely. Organizations from Automattic to the U.S.

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Sounding the Alarm about Workplace Privacy Issues

Laughing all the Way to Work

I recently attended an IAAP dinner meeting and we had a lawyer speak to us about the proper disposal of confidential documents. As assistants we often work with information that is confidential and we need to use good practices when disposing of these documents. Placing a document in a garbage bin is NOT a secure disposal mechanism.

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Feeling Stressed at Work? Is it you? Is it them?

Office Dynamics

Time and paper: 90% of all documents handled each day are merely shuffled. Because people aren’t trained in the decision making process required to find a home for the document. It costs $120 in labor to track down a misplaced document or $250 to recreate it. 80% of filed papers are never referenced again. The average U.S.

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Feeling Stressed at Work? Is it you? Is it them?

Office Dynamics

Time and paper: 90% of all documents handled each day are merely shuffled. Because people aren’t trained in the decision making process required to find a home for the document. It costs $120 in labor to track down a misplaced document or $250 to recreate it. 80% of filed papers are never referenced again. The average U.S.

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Arrr-guably Similar: How Coworking Channels The Rebel Spirit Of Pirates

Allwork

The emergence of coworking around 2005 provided an alternative lifestyle, too. The Pirate Code “was the crucial document that enabled many pirate crews to stay organized and operational.” Pirates challenged traditional authority and social structure — choosing life at sea became much more appealing than living in severe poverty.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as underlining a word usually means you are linking to something else. Copyright © 2005 All rights reserved. Copyright © 2005 All rights reserved. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4 4 percent of women”.

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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

I would not recommend using underlining for emphasis in an electronic document as it usually means it is linking to something else. Copyright © 2005 All rights reserved. Copyright © 2005 All rights reserved. This is the commonest form of color blindness, but it affects only.4 4 percent of women”. 1 Watson, Jane, J.

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