Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Here’s a simple checklist to help you organize your Christmas holiday celebrations. Prepare budget and plan projects: Figure out how much you are able to spend. Thanks for visiting! Last year, I posted a Christmas planning checklist to use starting in November.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 24, 2024

The key here is to keep your word, set a clear timeline, and provide a salary increase as soon as there is room in the budget. If you know you’ll have more room in the budget in the next fiscal year, let them know that you appreciate their work and will work on increasing their compensation in the new year.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. But let’s face it, sometimes year-end also has tremendous responsibilities, increased workload, and more often than not, the administrative assistant is the one planning and executing the office holiday party, rather than simply attending it.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 8, 2010

The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. But let’s face it, sometimes year-end also has tremendous responsibilities, increased workload, and more often than not, the administrative assistant is the one planning and executing the office holiday party, rather than simply attending it.

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Where possible, contractors typically try to overlap several projects. This serves as a way of ‘stocking up’ hours during the busy times, to cover you for either low times of year, or unexpected bills that might throw the budget out. You don’t get paid during public holidays Paid holiday leave is a highlight of fulltime employment.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 15, 2023

Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt presented his Spring Budget to the House of Commons. Lysan Drabon, Managing Director Europe, Project Management Institute: “Talking about breaking down barriers to employment is not enough.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It’s not even too early to begin dreaming about what we want to accomplish next year beyond the holiday season so quickly approaching. Take advantage of the upcoming holiday season to meet new people and renew friendships with key contacts. I want to provide you with several strategies to help your year-end flow more smoothly.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

It’s not even too early to begin dreaming about what we want to accomplish next year beyond the holiday season so quickly approaching. Take advantage of the upcoming holiday season to meet new people and renew friendships with key contacts. I want to provide you with several strategies to help your year-end flow more smoothly.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

I was hoping that you might have insight/advice on how to create project work/better assist a C-Level exec that has never had an admin before. Since we are both somewhat green, I was hoping that you might have some suggestions to spark project work (both business and personal related projects would be helpful).

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 10, 2012

This morning, as I was driving to work ready for a very full day of tackling “A” priority projects, I realized I lived ALL 5 Pillars of life this weekend: Career, Family, Financial, Spiritual and Wellness. I am pleased to say I am really sticking to a budget this year for Christmas spending. Are you living in spirit?

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The holidays are quickly approaching and this is the time of year when we reflect on our successes and goals and also begin thinking about what we can do to reach the next level the following year. Some have lost jobs, didn’t get promotions or pay raises, or lost funding due to employer budget cuts. Lets grow together!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 30, 2013

Employee discounts to local businesses and the performing arts -Executive retreat or seminar based on Jim Loehr’s The Power of Full Engagement or The Power of Story -A team of volunteers to promote a fun culture at the office with a nominal budget allocated by the company for game nights, Halloween costume contest prizes, talent shows, etc. -On

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The Marq

JANUARY 30, 2011

Don’t get me wrong, I think there’s a need to plan and you should always spend some time planning your projects, career, business, but you don’t need to spend weeks and months doing it. It just had too many features The talks eventually fizzled out as everyone felt the same way, and we abandoned the project. Talk about regrets!!!

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

So the economy gets bad, the company loses customers, and the budget tightens up. You’ll work on a wide variety of projects for lots of different clients. You have to find a way to generate leads and close deals to get the paying projects. You will find yourself juggling multiple projects and clients. The janitor?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 1, 2010

The chance to direct a team and co-ordinate projects can be very challenging, yet rewarding. As well, it’s always a good idea to budget more time and resources to a project than you think is necessary to lessen the stress of unexpected setbacks. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Set boundaries.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 11, 2010

And many online copywriters are thrilled to land a new blogging gig – so thrilled they rarely pause to wonder if writing for their client’s blog is really the best investment of that person’s marketing budget. Free information doesn’t pay for health insurance or holidays.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also got 2 floating/personal holidays, about 3-10 sick days, and also working in the entertainment industry, most places shut down for the last 10-14 days of the year. In the US, we have a lot of holidays.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. As you say, small tests, little tasks, minor projects… this is how everyone should test the waters. Rob Fleming – Freelance Writer for Hire´s last blog.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Through her proficiency in project management, communications and new business and technology initiatives, Burgess has led executive-level projects and enjoys solving big problems or challenges that make the world a better place. She oversaw the day-to-day operations of the agency and directed all client accounts and projects.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Holiday Season Kicks Off – 2 Weeks in Review! They have a budget. It’s that very reason why I don’t try to get tied to the income from my blog and instead work on longer term business projects. I don’t think blogging is sustainable long term, at least not as a solo project. Dave Doolin´s last blog.

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