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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

BMT Office Administration

Worried that your company might not have a particular document on hand if the IRS conducted an audit? They create a document retention policy that clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long. Courts and government agencies frown upon individual employees selectively keeping or tossing important documents.

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What Happens to Your Digital Life When You Die?

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This, of course, falls in conjunction with the standard logistics of death: planning a funeral, finding and filing a will, and going through a loved one’s physical belongings. adults have no idea what happens to their digital assets, such as email and social media accounts, or online banking data and passwords when they die.

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13 Ways You Should be Using Your Smartphone for Business

Tips From T. Marie

With more of us enjoying job flexibility today, and with the probability of up to 58% of workers expected to be independent contractors by 2027 , if you’re not using your smartphone for more than texting, calls and email you should be. We all know about texting, calling and emailing from our phones, but are you collaborating from it as well?

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Just how much time is lost to disorganisation?

Practically Perfect PA

Over the course of a working lifetime an office worker will drink an average of 24,684 cups of tea, disagree with colleagues 479 times and send a staggering 400,816 emails. Paperwork piling up is a problem for UK offices too, with the average worker printing off 343,504 pages of documents over their lifetime in the office.

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Summertime tax scams are going strong

BMT Office Administration

mail for their own nefarious purposes, the main avenues for tax scams remain email and text messaging—these methods reach many more people at a fraction of the cost of a stamp. These emails are routinely riddled with spelling errors and factual inaccuracies, like this example: “Dear Tax Payer , We hope this message finds you well.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Procedures are more than just documents; they are a roadmap for new hires, guiding them through the complexities of their new role and the company culture without constant supervision. The Power of Documentation If you have everything documented and ready to go when a new hire begins, it expedites the onboarding process.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Post-COVID-19, many employee tracking software programs started popping up, allowing companies to track employee productivity , computer activity, emails, and even individual keystrokes. Others have special tracking features for social media sites, where you can view specific employee actions. Time tracking and file tracking.

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