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More Companies Are Adopting Sensory-Friendly Practices—Here’s How Your Business Can Follow Suit 

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There can be large, crowded rooms full of cubicles and equipment, disturbing fluorescent lighting and bombardment with a wide variety of noises—coupled with less access to sensory-friendly resources and environments. Dell has a neurodivergent job application system, and Microsoft has a Neurodiversity Hiring Program , for example.

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Break The Routine, Inspire Yourself!

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You can change this by having inspirational items around your cubicle (you can also read more on decorating your cubicle here ). Stick it to the wall of your cubicle, but make sure that its sitting right in front of you. You drudge into the office and plop yourself at your computer. You check your e-mails , you do your filing.

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Using Subtotals Function in Microsoft Excel

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The spreadsheet might contain other types of data, but is similar to 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? checked (in this example).

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Calculation of Discounts in Excel

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Home About Me Advertise Calculation of Discounts in Excel By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 Filed Under: MS-Excel H ave you ever wondered how to calculate discounts on certain products/services that you or your firm offers? One of my colleagues had this dilemma a few days ago.

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Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook

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This basically shows you how to make your e-mails go directly into certain categories, folders, you name it. For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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"Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity

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And of course, there’s the opposite side of the spectrum, where you have way too many people coming to you with requests (read my post on how to handle this here) and just want to run away. For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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Opening Microsoft Office 2007 Files in Microsoft Office XP

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Unfortunately, our firm still only has Microsoft Office XP and was curious as to how this would work. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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