Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, February 14, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find that you write the same e-mails over and over again? Of course there is. I always find myself sending pretty much the same emails. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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MARCH 3, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 03, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Brian McCullough of TheJobBored.com. Hopefully, not too many of you were affected by the email system outages yesterday. Fortunately, it’s easy these days to create backup email accounts.

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Of course, there are many other features, but these are the highlights, in my opinion. OneNote: My Filing Cabinet In The Clouds. create notebooks and files just like I would with paper, but now it is all organized on my computer. Find here: steph.bz/jI9HDF. Find here: steph.bz/EZBackup. You won't regret it. Find here: steph.bz/iB5cj3.

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise "Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you multi-task too much? 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.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself being bored out of your mind at times with nothing to do? This, of course, is heaven to some, but like me, cant stand being bored. This, of course, is heaven to some, but like me, cant stand being bored.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? It was great having my own office.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Take a course, if you already know the basics, go to the next tier and learn at the intermediate and expert levels. Effective Business Writing Skills Who wants to read a three page email? Need a filing system? OfficeArrow.com has a great article discussing the "43 folder filing system." Get the knowledge you need.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 14, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D oes your firm want to save money? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Outsourcing - Good or Bad? Everyone could use a little more green in their wallets.

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MARCH 28, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Get A Job With A Thank You Letter By The Professional Assistant on Friday, March 28, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity D id you just get out of an interview ? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Did you attend a few recently? Great post Richard.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Take an online course There are a host of online courses available for the adult learner. You may want to make sure the course is a credit course so that in the future the credit(s) may be transferable. Another site that offers free tutorials and courses is HP. Getting educated can be as easy as 1-2-3-4-5-6!

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JANUARY 18, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 18, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity D o you get staff members coming to you for all sorts of questions? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Email is no longer just for personal use, with all our accepted short forms: LOL, U, GB and a co-worker's favourite, OMG! Your company may have a policy on how they want you to address people in external business email. 1 Be Courteous With Email Are you There? Jane Watson of J. Who are you?

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JANUARY 4, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 04, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity A re you being asked to check your companys website stats? Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity. Do you have software in place for it?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer? Home About Me Advertise How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 8, 2010

If you want to take a course or attend a workshop and management is reluctant to pay for your professional development, outline the value and how it will benefit you as an employee. Enter your email address in the ‘subscribe’ field on this page to get automatic updates from the Office Professionals Place Blog.

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AUGUST 28, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Filed Under: Organize A re you afraid to talk to your boss about your workload - if you really do feel stressed about the workload that you have? Mention to your boss (in a professional manner of course) that you have X number of tasks, projects, etc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

  Of course, my awesome colleagues came through with possibilities and I'll share those here today.   They say: " Over 5 million people worldwide have used Basecamp to collaborate on over 4 million projects, track 57 million hours of work, share 46 million files, and complete 43 million to-dos.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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JANUARY 15, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Going Above and Beyond "Work" By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity D o you find yourself going into work day after day, week after week, feeling like you could do just a little more? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Home About Me Advertise The E-tiquette of E-mail By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing all the Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Jane Watson of J. Who are you?

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JULY 16, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Seminars for Professional Assistants By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Filed Under: Networking , Productivity A re you looking to improve your skills and catch up with the latest office trends ? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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MAY 11, 2010

But of course, we dont think about these numbers as we are being coerced into a situation at work that could escalate our emotions and make us have regrets later. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Of course, they can be altered as the need arises, but putting goals in writing and a thought out plan of how to reach them will solidify what is trying to be accomplished. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

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? If there are some negative feedback, let them go, it builds conversations (of course take out the spam) 2. Id like to add two important notes: 1.

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JUNE 17, 2010

per coat Of course, these rules change slightly if you are in foreign countries or will be dining with international guests, so dont forget to do your homework of their countries customs. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Making a good impression is essential in business.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D id you just get that dream job that you always wanted? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Want To Impress Your Boss?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

You can file and label the files with appropriate titles; throw or give away unwanted things. You may want to maintain a 'success diary'; reading the entries convinces you of the long course charted by you from where you started. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 16, 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. Of course, check with your co-worker first before providing his or her information. Who are you?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Of course, youre going to take a different approach. If you should choose to use one of these methods, and use it regularly in interviews, you may find portions that you can ‘recycle’ with different companies, but of course some degree of customization will be required. Protect their investment in physical or data assets?

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

  Of course I was honored to be on their board!   Of course I was honored to be on their board! D   Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? family of sites · 8 Shoreline, Suite 100, Bloomington IL 61704 TEL 309.663.1360 · FAX 309.422.7665 A different take on the to-do list.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

    bluehealerdiary   My own, of course!   Share your thoughts in the blog comment section below (or if you are reading in an RSS reader or email, just click on the article title and then make your comment!)  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? What Do You Do?   Your turn. 

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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. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 30, 2010

Things you cannot control are: how someone else reacts to you, if someone appreciates or likes your work, something that happens in the news (of course that changes if you were involved), how someone treats you, if someone else enjoys an activity or situation, and someone else's mood. Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email?

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JULY 16, 2010

Organization means implementing an appropriate filing system (electronically and paper) and utilizing your task lists and calendar effectively so that you can locate items quickly when needed which increases productivity. HP offers free online courses in a variety of subjects. Self teaching is easy via the internet.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

There will always be 24 hours in a day and 365 days in a year (unless it is a leap year of course). PS -- If you've enjoyed this post and want to see more, why not subscribe to our daily emails ( Feedblitz ) or through the RSS Feed ( click here )?  Click to get posts as we publish Prefer less email? Are they smarter?

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