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Cubicle Etiquette 101

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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? Posted on 1 November, 2007 3:37 PM Anonymous I work in a cube farm of engineers.

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Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity

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Work With Stephanie « 5 Easy Ways Kick-Start Your Daily Personal Productivity | Main | Grow Your Productivity by Hours a Day » Your Etiquette Practice Could be Killing Your Productivity Today I received a really nice note from one of my contacts, Amy Humphreys, at Illinois State University. 

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E-mail Etiquette

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With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Jane Watson of J.

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Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy

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Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. Just remember, if your company has an “open door” policy, please adhere to it.

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Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween

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Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. Check with your Human Resources Department or manager to see if this falls into your corporate policy.

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Ease up on customer service demands during inclement weather

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Employees are not automatically entitled to being paid if they can’t get to work, and those policies should be clearly explained in staffing contracts or the company handbook. Check the website of the airline carrier for their policies concerning inclement weather. Maintain your patience. photo by: thisreidwrites.

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

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The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. Post from: Administrative Assistant 2comments for this post Anonymous Ive heard that with VISTA and MS Office 2007 Outlook is being phased out and replace with MS E-mail (not sure of name).