Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 22, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 22 April, 2009 Happy Administrative Professionals Day! I am speaking this morning at an administrative event so looking forward to meeting some new assistants. ► June (3) ► May (7) ▼ April (4) New Hire Overload Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

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APRIL 8, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 April, 2009 April 22nd - Administrative Professionals Day It often amazes me that a day is set aside for our profession. Administrative professionals usually go about doing their work with little or no recognition. Is your office doing anything for Administrative Professionals Day?

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JUNE 6, 2023

Your personal brand is a powerful tool in career curation. Craft a compelling resume , update your LinkedIn profile, and create a professional portfolio that showcases your accomplishments. Your professional portfolio will also be a key part of your career curation strategy. Leverage Your Personal Brand.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Your administrative career should not be left to chance. Career-minded administrative professionals don’t put their career on autopilot and cross their fingers, hoping things will work themselves out. Did you update your resume, professional portfolio, and other vital career documents? •

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JUNE 13, 2023

In addition to these tips, I highly recommend that you pay attention to two key tools in your administrative toolkit: your strategic career plan and your professional portfolio. Before you start applying for new positions, make sure your portfolio is up to date with your current resume, work samples, certifications, etc.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

The old adage, “strike while the iron is hot” still applies, even for 21st century administrative professional careers! Your resume is the most important part of your package. Tailor your resume to include your best skills, responsibilities and accomplishments that match the need of employers. Packaging Yourself.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

The old adage, “strike while the iron is hot” still applies, even for 21st century administrative professional careers! Your resume is the most important part of your package. Tailor your resume to include your best skills, responsibilities and accomplishments that match the need of employers. Packaging Yourself.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The Innovative Admin is an administrative professional who introduces, creates, or applies new or renewed ideas or methods of doing things to the office environment. I’ve been able to add to my skillset, expand my professional network, and take on new roles and responsibilities that improved my resume.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. We as office professionals need to arm ourselves with the tools to combat the day. Lets grow together!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 29, 2009

Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Job satisfaction is important. They are interested, now what? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

On that note, It is hard to believe we are getting close to Administrative Professionals Day which is on April 22 nd. I hope all of your professionals appreciate what a privilege it is to have someone look after them. or Gifts or Ideas for Administrative Professionals Week. Another great article Patricia.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

There are many teachers in my extended family and it seemed like something I could do well, but our family did not have any money to further my education and I became a secretary instead. The company I work for has a great attitude toward staff professional development and hiring from within for open positions or new position needs.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

She saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training. The administrative position can be a springboard for a management position if you want to go in that direction and have the right educational background.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 2:34 PM Labels: 30 years of service , Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , professional service , quality service Reactions: 2comments: Jodith said. It's up to us to educate them on the benefits of an assistant. That's a great point, Patricia. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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MAY 31, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:41 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , gut alert , gut feeling , intuition Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Lesson learned and will now put me on high gut alert. 23, 1 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 23, 1 p.m. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 10, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:24 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , E-mail chaos , E-Mail Management , making sense out of e-mail Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. It is so nice to see my Inbox on empty.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 8:52 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , dates , fixed time , real time Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Are you vague or exact? 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I have always been a believer in sharing ideas and have received my best education from other assistants. Here are some ways I have found can help: The web is a wonderful tool for sharing. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 22, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:14 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , courtesy , reminders , waiting Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Put it in your Outlook Tasks with a reminder to follow up.

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JANUARY 10, 2010

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:54 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , booking meetings , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 7:55 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , quick keys , save time , shortcut keys Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

Her office encouraged her when they saw her knack for numbers and she pursued further education and is now a junior accountant. Posted by Patricia Robb at 2:09 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , job description , that is not my job Reactions: 3comments: The Jackal said. Very educative!!

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JUNE 27, 2009

Patricia Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:20 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , being funny , comedian Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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JULY 16, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:05 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , Alexis Bonaris , guest blog , professional assistant , time management Reactions: 2comments: Shannon Smith said. Really great tool for analyzing your productivity. August 16, 2010 Patricia Robb said. 23, 1 p.m.

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MARCH 13, 2010

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:45 PM Labels: adminisrative assistant , administrative professional , being organized , being prepared Reactions: 1 comments: Anonymoussaid. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. Yep, makes my life much easier.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Patricia Posted by Patricia Robb at 9:48 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , Send out cards , thank you card Reactions: 1 comments: Evesaid. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

This checklist was given to the new hire and to each administrator as their guide to help them through the process and the hiring supervisor would schedule an appointment during the first week on the job with each of the administrators. It was a wonderful tool. May 04, 2009 Peachon said. I just started at a law firm this week.

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MARCH 21, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:49 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , eating healthy , healthy snacks Reactions: 1 comments: lisacozz said. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. I agree with all these.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 4:27 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , enjoying work , liking what you do Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 10:19 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , encouragement , I think I can , low self esteem , self confidence Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. I think I can, I think I can.&#

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JULY 20, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 10:06 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , administrative professional , how we look to others? A resource like this is great for anyone that either works in the administrative field or wants to. I am also going to have a complete makeover, but thats another story. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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JULY 11, 2009

Below are some things that I have found helpful to build my network: Join a professional association such as the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career. 23, 1 p.m.

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