Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 30, 2008

The spreadsheet might contain other types of data, but is similar to this example? checked (in this example). Imagine your boss comes to your desk and asks you to provide him/her with details of how much each firm earned in revenue on this spreadsheet. You think to yourself, how can I do this quickly, without much manual work?

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On The Job

JULY 22, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, July 22, 2010 Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea? They comment on blogs. Facebook announced this week is has 500 million users. They Twitter. Thats just reality.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 22, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact What Can Argentine Tango Teach You About Brilliant Blogging? A student of blogging school for life. The profession of blogging has grown tremendously in recent years.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 24, 2008

I recently added a post called " Outlook Rules That Rule " from a fellow Administrative Assistants blog. For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. Do you feel overwhelmed with trying to figure out who you should respond to first? There is another method to this madness though.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

For example, if I have Microsoft Excel XP and would like to send a file to a client that only has Microsoft Excel 97 (which was a horrible disaster for Microsoft, since there were quite a few bugs in this version), you could save the file as a Microsoft Excel 97 version. I remember in the past that you can always downgrade files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2008

For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. But of course, you don’t want to disturb others around you with the bell going off or some even have chickens clucking as the alarm. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead. Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. Narrow them down to the amount that you can manage (usually 3 - 5), but some people can do more or less. Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. Then I will work on Task B for 30 minutes and so on and so forth.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. 2comments for this post Anonymous HI Richard, Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example. And lastly, don’t forget to turn it on. Thanks, Richard Posted on 23 September, 2008 10:40 AM Delilah Thanks for the tip.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 28, 2008

Note: Make sure to add the time in the meeting schedule (for example: Meeting with client, 1:00 pm Calgary time), so the manager knows that this is the correct time to meet with this client. Now you can see by the picture below that the new time zone has been added. You can now add in the meeting details for this time zone.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog.

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On The Job

MAY 26, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Does It Matter Whether You Have Friends at Work? Methot says that’s a prime example of how workplace friendships can cause problems and impact productivity. “If

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. I usually follow up ever 3 business days on outstanding items. Another thing that I can suggest is to have a meeting with your boss. M ention him that you are here to help in any way you can. Remind him that this is why he hired you.

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Who's the Real Boss?

JULY 29, 2018

Now I’ve blogged before on the importance of trust in the EA/manager relationship, which you can find here , and the two really go hand in hand. But what kind of example are we setting if we don’t communicate our feelings back? Lead by example.

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Get Organized!

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

And if youve been a follower of mine in any capacity, whether its my newsletter, my blog, social media or anything in between, then you probably know a dirty little secret of mine.and that is that I love celebrity gossip. So what you can see behind me are some examples of how you can apply the dont-break-the-chain method in your life.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Outlook Rules That Rule By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant. It was getting out of control.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive by dragos on October 8, 2010 · 8 comments in Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet This is a guest post by Ruben Berenguel, @berenguel.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive by dragos on October 8, 2010 · 8 comments in Productivity & Effectiveness Tweet This is a guest post by Ruben Berenguel, @berenguel.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

It’s best not to gossip or form secret alliances. Work is work, it's not a so ap opera. :) On the first day you should follow their example. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. Be willing to learn a lot, wear a lot of hats, not complain, and follow their lead.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Like time spent on social media, for example. So.this Tower game.sounds fun, what is is called (said the game addict) Latest blog post: Touched: Ch 19 mikevardy moderator 5pts @ ExtremelyAvg LOL. that I tend to decompress with TV shows like Gossip Girl (Im shameless) and sports games that have a definite end.

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. hopefully that made sense) Michelle´s last blog. Anne Lyken-Garner´s last blog. phonedamnation´s last blog. Mahmudur Rahman´s last blog.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

I’m sure you’ve realized while it’s common to have a lot of office politics, it is not fun to work in a gossip-filled environment. I know you know this lesson already, so for new/young folks: a good rule of thumb is to not gossip to begin with and just be a nice person to everyone because it’s the right thing to do.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 13, 2010

For example, you start speaking in short hand to other assistants and it doesn’t come across as rude because it’s meant to be efficient and not waste time with small talk. LOL I don’t divulge because I don’t have any and it’s not good to gossip. Hollywood/LA is a very small town and there is only one degree of separation.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

For example, my boss would be a board member of another company or some personal events would overlap with networking. Other people would probably much rather find a new job immediately while not burning bridges or gossiping about it. A: I would say that 85% of my duties have been business related and the other 15% personal.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

Copywriters can advance to Creative Director positions, for example. About the Author: Dean Rieck is one of America’s top freelance copywriters and publisher of Pro Copy Tips , a blog that provides copywriting tips for smart copywriters. Michael Martine´s last blog. Sally B´s last blog. This is a biggie.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

Dragos Roua – Brilliantly Better The Personal Development Blog Home About me Top posts Archives Downloads Audio Recommended Products Contact Are You A Valid Person? A fulfilling, balanced relationship, in which any of the peers are genuinely supporting each other is a good example for that. Joshua Noerr´s last blog.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Atkins says this is just one example of employees being unfamiliar with their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. For example, if you “create a management problem” by making statements that could be considered harassing or discriminatory, you may be setting the groundwork for a pink slip. Others include: • Speaking your mind.

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