Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Heres an article I recently found on office fridge etiquette. Heres an excerpt on the article: Do not eat or drink foods that do not belong to you. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Are you in a constant battle to get your food into a pint-sized fridge because others leave their food there for days on end?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Heres an article I found on a fellow Administrative Assistants website for some great uses. If you are booking a meeting for yourself, for others or both, give everyone ample time to respond to the meeting and provide a reminder (theres a check box for this in the meeting set up page) of at least 15 minutes.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2008

People have been asking me questions from time to time and I try to respond as quickly as I can to all of them. There are over 200 articles of information so far and growing. I have been running this blog for just over a year now and it has grown quite a bit, as you can tell.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Heres an article I found on this issue, which shows quite a few peoples e-mails about some of these very problems. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2007

You can read more about using Outlook for tasks in this article. Also, heres a great article about time management. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! If you cant complete the task that day, move it into the next day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

Without further a due, here is The New York Times featured article entitled, “ Shorts Crack The Code &#. It does help to wear something more comfortable, since you do feel that you can be more productive each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 14, 2008

Another point I would like to stress is to archive your e-mails for a certain period of time that either you or your company feels would be appropriate. You can read about this on an article I wrote entitled “ 8 Steps to Archiving E-mails &#. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

You can find more filing tips by reading my article entitled " 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System ". Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! You can use Microsoft Access to create a database of all of your files criteria and the software assigns a "key" or number that corresponds with your files. Whats next?

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

If you read my recent article on blogging at work, read on. Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? Do you feel like you want to voice your opinion about other topics?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Here are some more articles on job seeking tips. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! If you ever feel discouraged, just remember that there have been and are people out there just like you right now. You have to make yourself shine through the crowd.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2008

You can also read some more articles on System Security here. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! You can create as many macros as you wish, but remember that macros can attract viruses, so be careful when you open documents that contain macros. Whats next?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Even if you are the type of person that exercises regularly, you could still benefit from this article. Do you feel that you can do a little extra each day to exercise? Do you feel that you deserve to have more energy during your work day? I have been working in an office setting for over a decade now.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2007

E-mail can be a productivity drainer, since you have to write messages back and forth so many times, yet if you call or talk to the person face to face, the issue at hand can be resolved much faster. Here are some more articles on e-mailing and productivity , for your reading pleasure. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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DECEMBER 5, 2007

Heres another article on blogging about work: Do Your Vent About Work on Your Blog? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Helping your company grow will show your boss that you are trying to think outside of the box.

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DECEMBER 4, 2007

Here are some more articles on dealing with difficult co-workers: Cubicle Ettiquette Former Colleagues - Good or Bad? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

Your co-workers are probably all new to you, you dont know how to use the photocopier or fax machine and more importantly "where is the bathroom?" Thanks for a great article. Here is another article I wrote called The New Kid on the Block that you may find helpful. Patty Buckner April 28, 2009 Anonymoussaid. link] All the best.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Advertise What Its Like to be a Male Admin By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 13, 2007 Filed Under: H ere is a little blurb about myself in an article that I wrote recently: Being a male administrative assistant in a predominantly female profession is something everyone asks me about.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

I just love your article!! In my experience I have found that providing administrative support is whatever is needed to support your boss and make the office function efficiently. very informative entry! jackal [link] October 12, 2009 Anonymoussaid. Very educative!! Thank you, October 14, 2009 Foley-In-Charge said. (for

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2007

If youre interested in finding out more, read more articles on system security and e-mails. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Another tip is to install anti-virus and internet security software, such as Symantecs Norton products. These types of software even include spam blockers.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Watson Associates gives the following e-mail tips for Email Salutations in her e-bulletin Business Writing Updates: “There are several options for starting an e-mail in North America as our business culture is not as formal as other areas. They reasoned that opening these short messages wasted their time. Jane Watson of J.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

You can also check out an article I wrote on " 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues " I hope that Ive at least shed some light on your situation and hope that things can get resolved one way or another. If all else fails, you might want to start considering what type of work environment you are in.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

If you would like more tips such as these, please read my articles on gossiping in the workplace. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Overhearing phone conversations is a no-no. If you do overhear a phone conversation, make sure to keep it to yourself.

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Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

And you can become visible by getting involved in your professional community, attending trade association meetings, entering industry contests and award shows, writing articles, giving speeches, publishing an informative blog , generating news about your business, and staying in touch with former clients. Will you deliver on time?

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