All Things Admin

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Make sure your laptop is charged, your internet connection works, and you have any files or information you’ll need to access ready to go. Whether you’re in the office, working from home, or observing a hybrid schedule, chances are good that there are at least a few virtual meetings on your calendar.

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BMT Office Administration

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For instance, if a task has complicated instructions, you can attach a Word file to the card that explains the work in more detail. For instance, Asana and other programs offer Gantt charts, calendar views, and time-tracking, whereas Trello does not (unless you pay for power-ups, but more on that in a bit). Calendar view.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 8, 2016

Quickly get these projects and/or tasks off of your desk, place them in a tickler file or schedule a reminder and revisit them at the appropriate time. Stacy Leitner has been both nationally and internationally recognized in her roles as an executive assistant and college educator.

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Tips From T. Marie

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I love educating others about virtual assistance. 3. You should know about online calendars, online file sharing and other ‘cloud’ services. I love being a virtual assistant. And I love helping new virtual assistants get started. You should know how to do a comprehensive search with a search engine. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. If my files were lost, how could I do my job effectively? Backup electronic files. Organize paper files.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 29, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together!

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 27, 2012

The “oops” factor: If you need more than two paragraphs to cover your topic, you’re better off using the phone, or attaching a Word* file. Pet peeve: Calendar invitations with attachments. People often send me calendar invites that include attachments. Consider sending multiple files with fewer attachments instead.

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The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Need a filing system? OfficeArrow.com has a great article discussing the "43 folder filing system." Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. “Thought Appropriate Gifts&# One year I got my boss an interchangeable, 3-D calendar to put on her desk. Lets grow together!

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

I also have a quick check over my emails and calendar for the day, I do have a few meetings today that I also need to attend. Spend time reading through some of the emails I’ve filed over the last week, including LinkedIn updates and other networking emails. Filed under: Motivation.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. For those who manage their boss’ calendar, realize what time of the day is your boss is most productive. Lets grow together!

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The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

You can upload an excel file with your guests names and check them in via your phone or iPad. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. This app looks similar to an outlook calendar which is helpful. Check In: Free. WeekCalendar: £1.49.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

You can upload an excel file with your guests names and check them in via your phone or iPad. The current calendar app on the iPhone and iPad doesn’t allow for a week-to-view setting. This app looks similar to an outlook calendar which is helpful. Check In: Free. WeekCalendar: £1.49.

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The Office Professionals Place

JULY 16, 2010

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Be one step ahead of your boss. Be protective of your boss’s time. Dealing in real time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. Every afternoon before I leave for the day, I go through the hanging file for that month to see if there is anything I need to bring forward for the next day. A tip she passed along had to do with the bring-forward system and has been a great tool for me.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Servers are usually backed up daily, so your file will likely be restored. However, you probably want to password protect file.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

If that is not happening, schedule yourself in their calendar. Keep up to date on their calendar and look ahead to see what is coming up and what your boss might need to prepare for that. Put reminders in their Tasks or Calendar of anything you know is coming up with enough lead time so they will have time to complete it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Once a date is finalized I put it in my bosss calendar and confirm the meeting with the other participants. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. I then put the items in a two-fold file folder with his calendar printed out on the one side and the items he will need for the day on the other side. The system I use is quite simple and has been around for a long time. Thats great!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. 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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

This can be as simple as having hanging file folders marked from January to December and then you just put items in the appropriate month that you need to bring forward for your boss. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 10, 2010

Ctrl + Home moves the cursor to the beginning of the open file or document and Ctrl + End moves the cursor to the end of the open file or document, but if you are in the middle of a document and want to select everything from there down, press Ctrl + Shift + End or if you want to select everything from there up, press Ctrl + Shift + Home.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

If there are any deadlines or appointments, put them in your boss’s calendar or task list with appropriate reminders. Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Going through some major organizing and filing here at our office and this is another 'a propos' topic that hits home.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Her office encouraged her when they saw her knack for numbers and she pursued further education and is now a junior accountant. Very educative!! I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? very informative entry!

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Recruiters can even assign which keywords the software should scan that includes educational background, specific skills or even manual filters that might be useful. Most ATS nowadays integrate seamlessly with google/outlook calendars and various email systems. You end up with less paperwork and a more organised process.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:39 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , colour coding , coloured file folders , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Try it, you may like it. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m. Minute taking made easier.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. Normally, I put something about needing to get my filing system up to date, but I think I may have missed the point when I have done that. I never know what to put down. Minute taking made easier. Dealing in real time.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? Minute taking made easier.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Blog posts and articles can turn into: ebooks, presentations, calendar/tip-of-the-day. 5) Read your article and record as an mp3 file. (6) The online tool Odiogo allows you to transform your blog post into what it calls high-fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

This article is extremely well written, and I have already printed a hardcopy, which I am going to add to my file. I gave at the office Calendar "ah ha" Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog What ever happened to the "us" in Service? I love the way you relate the potholes, road blocks, etc.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Our economy has invested in the education of us all, only to exclude some parents or even disabled people from contributing to our economy. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm and is filed under Work/Life Balance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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