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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

Success

Finding new rituals If holiday cards aren’t your thing, rest assured that you’re not breaking any etiquette rules. Cards are a tradition, but they’re not a mandate,” says Kristi Spencer, a Missouri-based etiquette coach and founder of The Polite Company. Last year, I opted for no family photo. Spencer says.

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Zooming In On Engagement: How Turning Off Your Camera Can Hurt Your Career

Allwork

Amy Stettler, Vice President of Growth at Level Agency: What hurts engagement more than a camera going off is the camera going off and no one understanding why. Yiannis Gavrielides: Workplace relationships definitely play an important role in career success.

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5 Hiring Tips in a Virtual World

Worxbee

One thing we do often as part of running an agency for virtual executive assistants is hiring remotely. We’ve found many amazing candidates through virtual hiring, but it definitely requires a slightly different process to find those people than in-person hiring. We’ve learned a thing or two along the way! Be respectful of time.

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper.

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I gave at the office

Laughing all the Way to Work

Agencies such as World Vision are on the ground now helping where they can. These children, who are under five years old, were fending for themselves on the street because the orphanage collapsed. But for the charity of an old woman who came to feed them, they had no one. Please give as you are able for the care of the children of Haiti.

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

Laughing all the Way to Work

And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference.

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Feelings mixed about recent college hires

On The Job

In today's world where there is no real homogenous culture (and I'm thankful for that, too), there is also no clear sense of the rules of etiquette and relationships, so it's inevitable that the first place many meet up with those issues is on the job. November 11, 2009 2:13 AM Myka | Recruitment Agencies said.

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