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Simplify Your Filing System and Retire Your To-File Pile

All Things Admin

When was the last time you made an effort to catch up on your filing? Many times, we struggle with filing because it feels overwhelming, we’re not sure where to begin, or we don’t have an easy system in place. Filing can be inconvenient and time consuming. But there are ways to simplify your filing system. Last month?

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3 Ways to Create a Better System for Information Management

All Things Admin

As administrative professionals, managing large amounts of information efficiently is crucial for ensuring smooth operations. Here’s how you can implement color coding: Physical Files : Use colored folders or labels to differentiate between different projects or document types. Here are two examples of this.

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The Power Behind the Executive. All in a days work.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Today starts Administrative Professionals’ Week. I have since worked for executives who have given televised speeches, lawyers who have worked on high profile legal cases and doctors who have done notable research. Happy Administrative Professionals’ Week everyone! She could not be without her assistant.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I know we are probably stuck with the current system of trying to remember log-in names and passwords, but thankfully at work if you do forget your password the administrator can re-set it, and then you have the option of changing it again. I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. Back to the drawing board. Works so far!

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. Be professional on the phone and greet people who come calling, but not everyone needs to get in to see the boss. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. 23, 1 p.m.

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Grrr! moments

Laughing all the Way to Work

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As. 23, 1 p.m.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. See on the blog sidebar under Meetings for some electronic meeting scheduling sites such as doodle.com and other tips. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca