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Common Courtesy in the Workplace

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Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? Do you neatly put all labels, papers, etc. on the printer table and then a few minutes later, you come back to a messy area?

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

Ask for business cards and have a stack of business cards for yourself at hand as well. Make a mental note of what you hear and ask more questions that are leading and open-ended to continue the conversation. Give, receive and record contact information.

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11 Tips To Improve Your Performance

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Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Do you feel that there are too many negative people or things going about your office?

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available. You can also set a Task by right clicking on an email and choose Move to Folder. (for

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Got the Flu? Work from Home!

Professional Assistant Blog

At my workplace, the setup wasnt too difficult. It only took a short period of time and all I have to do is call into the office to ask someone to power on my computer. You can connect to all network drives, network printers, even your own files. It all depends on how your IT department sets you up.

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Co-Workers Not Cleaning Up After Themselves?

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I should suggest that at my workplace as well. I finally procured an extra wastebasket and put it right inside the door, and it worked! Posted on 17 June, 2009 9:33 AM The Professional Assistant That's an excellent idea.

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Going Above and Beyond "Work"

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Recently, I started volunteering through my workplace, since they allow us to have a certain amount of time during work hours. I never thought that I’d want to be a Professional Assistant, but somehow it just jumped out at me. But that’s another story. This is great, but I still try to do this outside of work.

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