Allwork

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

She says that all companies need to create and enforce hiring and employment policies to reduce ageism. . This means your HR and legal teams’ valuable time will be spent interviewing people and reviewing relevant emails rather than on something that would probably be more positive and beneficial for your organization. .

Retirement 246

Retirement Legal 2003 2021 246

Worxbee

MAY 17, 2021

Your processes, standard operating procedures and policies should be clearly documented and accessible to those who need to use them. Process documentation tools. Once you’ve determined everything that needs to go into a process, it’s important to devise clear steps and document them. Document storage.

Google Docs 78

Google Docs Basecamp Calendars Doodle 78

BMT Office Administration

MAY 31, 2022

He put Laura in charge of going through a bunch of drawers with instructions to make folders to organize papers of current worth, box up other documents that somebody might need down the line, and toss insignificant and old material. Fires, floods, and even spilled cups of coffee can render physical copies of documents unreadable.

Management 52

Management Legal Policies Filing 52

Bonnie Low-Krayman

APRIL 17, 2024

The damage can be healed, but it requires a return to psychological safety and a commitment by leaders to a zero-tolerance policy on workplace bullying. Decades of scientific research document the physical harm to brains from all forms of bullying and abuse. But why is damaging someone’s brain at work normalized?

Stress 52

Stress Environment Medical Administrative Professionals 52

Small Business CEO

JULY 5, 2013

With flexible working and Bring your own Device (BOYD) policies becoming the norm, it is increasingly difficult for business owners to keep track of one of their most valuable company assets, i.e. their business-related documentation. if not your chosen system will be no more efficient than email.

Management 40

Management Filing Legal Medical 40

BMT Office Administration

MAY 9, 2022

Implementing and documenting standard operating procedures (SOPs) is a great way to make sure that all staff members are completing their tasks in the correct manner. A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a detailed document with step-by-step instructions on how to properly complete a task. What is an SOP? How to format an SOP.

Payroll 72

Payroll Forms Expenses International 72

Tips From T. Marie

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Business Policies (if applicable). A Dropbox Paper document. Shared cloud document. Emailing a.pdf or a link to your online document, video or slideshow isn’t exactly hard, but there are things you can do to make it even easier. Add it to your email signature or post it to social media.

Social Media 100

Social Media Dropbox Business Cards 2011 100

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Please help me write a professional email to my boss, the senior managing partner, to ask for funds to attend the Project Management Learning Lab in September. The email should explain why this training is a valuable investment for my organization and the benefits I will receive from attending. But for now, we have to be cautious.

Skills 130

Skills Legal Social Media Project Management 130

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

MARCH 28, 2024

Technical proficiency: An executive assistant should be very comfortable using Microsoft Office suite, Google Workspace, and other business software as they need to produce documents, manage emails, and handle other technical tasks quickly and accurately. Call to Action : End your job description with a clear call to action.

Interviewing 52

Interviewing Cover Letter Skills Resume 52

Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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.

Filing 174

Filing Social Media Policies Stress 174

BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. Post-COVID-19, many employee tracking software programs started popping up, allowing companies to track employee productivity , computer activity, emails, and even individual keystrokes.

Filing 52

Filing 2020 Suppliers Social Media 52

The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? DO use email for informational purposes (i.e.

Phones 100

Phones Email Filing IAAP 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 22, 2013

After all, unless you operate on a purely paperless policy, your employees may need to use one for printing off assigned work, or completed work. Instead, ask that all employees print in black and white only, unless printing off documentation to be seen by clients. Operate a paperless policy. Less paper. Buy one machine.

Policies 100

Policies Purchasing Budget Expenses 100

Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 22, 2013

After all, unless you operate on a purely paperless policy, your employees may need to use one for printing off assigned work, or completed work. Instead, ask that all employees print in black and white only, unless printing off documentation to be seen by clients. Operate a paperless policy. Buy one machine.

Policies 100

Policies Purchasing Budget Expenses 100

Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Maybe it’s a 10% increase in email sales in Q1 — but is that a year-over-year increase, or a quarter-over-quarter one? She shares an onboarding document with every new freelancer. “It What does a win look like? Get specific about your project, deliverables and desired outcomes. Her secret?

Management 299

Management 2020 Agencies Project Management 299

Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 11, 2011

Database groups, email, text messaging, private social media groups, etc.   If you are delivering a new policy for your company or department - you probably need a meeting. .    If you are delivering a new policy for your company or department - you probably need a meeting.    Your Turn.

Policies 100

Policies Social Media Facebook Forms 100

Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. And I *highly recommend* that you tell your client to fax or mail this form to you, and not email it.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Fax Forms 2014 100

Bonnie Low Kramen

APRIL 5, 2022

I reached out to Dr. Holmes by email to see if I could learn more about how he was approaching these issues with his business students and to tell him about my work with Assistants and leaders. That email turned into a Zoom call, which led to an invitation to give two virtual presentations at Rutgers Camden in March 2021.

2022 52

2022 2021 Policies Email 52

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 2, 2012

As an Executive Assistant I’ve always found it tricky working in an open plan environment for a number of reasons but mainly because of the amount of time I have to spend hiding the confidential documents I am working with while being interrupted yet again by a colleague asking for something! Here are my Do’s and Don’ts: .

Environment 100

Environment Equipment Phones Policies 100

The Office Professionals Place

MARCH 4, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010 The ‘Bcc’- Friend or Foe On average, we receive over 100 emails per day. Friendly Uses • If your email has a large recipient list, you can use the Bcc to hide email addresses and protect recipients privacy. Lets grow together! Call the person or visit them in person.

Filing 100

Filing Credit Card Email IAAP 100

Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Tear/shred receipts, copies of credit applications, other documentation containing personal information, don’t just throw it in the garbage. Six points for merchants : Make protection of personal information a company priority; designate someone in your business to coordinate privacy policies and practices. Thanks for showing it.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Holidays Policies Ergonomics 100

The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 22, 2010

How many times do you search through those piles in an attempt to look for a document that isn’t there? Schedule time in the day to file documents or keep a pile of “frequently referred to&# files on your desk for easy access. • Paper Documents Use the color coded system for filing (ie.

Filing 100

Filing Finance 2010 IAAP 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 29, 2014

Laptops do not synchronise properly, emails disappear, photocopiers jam and chew up your important documents etc. Does your IT policy state what to do when something goes wrong or is there a help sheet for guidance. Here are some important tips so that you can keep calm when IT problems arise. Forward planning.

Equipment 100

Equipment Negotiating Policies Networking 100

Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

An online fax service is a technology that bridges old world faxing with new(er) world email. These services provide you with a dedicated fax number with which you can send and receive faxes without the use of a fax machine or a phone line using only email and an Internet connection.

Fax 40

Fax 2013 Medical Email 40

The Office Professionals Place

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This is the time of year that most people stress over because we are waiting for documents like W2’s, mortgage statements, 1099’s, and other information in order to file taxes. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Tax Tip for the Office Professional It’s that time of year again- tax season!

Filing 100

Filing Expenses Purchasing IAAP 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 10, 2010

If you are a Lotus Notes user, this long-awaited document is for you! Great tips and tricks for productive use of the To Do’s, Calendar, Email, Contacts, and more. The two have come together in an ebook from David Allen Company. A 35 page step-by-step manual for optimizing Notes as a personal productivity tool.

Ergonomics 100

Ergonomics Calendars Health 2006 100

The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Effective Business Writing Skills Who wants to read a three page email? Always proofread a document prior to sending it, good proofreading includes printing the document for review. Get the knowledge you need.

IAAP 100

IAAP Filing Administrative Professionals Skills 100

The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 13, 2010

The Copy and Paste tool is very helpful and cuts production time in half; however, if you are copying a message to paste in a new email, don’t copy your signature line because it should be included when you open a new message in email. Forgetting the attachment.

Filing 100

Filing IAAP Fax Social Media 100

The Office Professionals Place

MAY 31, 2010

Look at it this way, if there is a document that needs to be proofread and we don’t find the mistakes, that document is going to make a huge impact. Receivers of the document may get the wrong interpretation or the wrong impression. So the 20% is very important. Realize that little things do matter.

Filing 100

Filing 2010 IAAP Fax 100

Office Organization Success

AUGUST 17, 2009

A Welcome Packet is a document – it can either be printed and mailed or digital and emailed – that you send out to your new clients when they sign up to work with you, and cements the relationship you are about to have with them. And I *highly recommend* that you tell your client to fax or mail this form to you, and not email it.

Credit Card 100

Credit Card Fax Forms Policies 100

Practically Perfect PA

MAY 31, 2012

I’ve written a few blogs recently on how to work with confidential documents particularity when your desk is in an open plan office. Honesty is the best and quickest policy! It is human nature to be curious and look at sensitive documents, and we assistants are human, not robots – honestly! How do I do this?

Gossip 100

Gossip Confidence Salary Email 100

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. This is a great tip from Jane Watson of J.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette Filing Email 2005 100

The Office Professionals Place

JANUARY 21, 2010

Now Google can help you do things like…… Google Docs – Create and share your online documents, presentations and spreadsheets Google Voice - Don’t have time to listen to voicemails? I remember the days when you could use Google as a search engine only.

Google 100

Google Google Docs Filing IAAP 100

Denise Aday

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

You’ve got it, with implementation and training coordination, systems documentation, and assistance building your virtual team. Prerequisite for Implementation/Training and Documentation Packages. Follow-up questions by email for 30 days (60 days for combo package). Email follow-ups. Systems Documentation Package.

Training 40

Training Policies Phones Purchasing 40

The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 8, 2009

If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. Recycle Papers Continue with the Go Green Initiative and recycle documents that are no longer necessary. In an effort to eliminate paper, you may want to scan the document, save it as a PDF, and file it in an electronic file.

Filing 100

Filing IAAP Finance PDF 100

The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 7, 2010

My suggestion would be to backup your documents, electronic files, spreadsheets, etc. In the event your system crashes or you get some terrible virus, you will be able to access documents and work on another computer while IT restores your data. A good practice is to perform a weekly backup of documents and files.

Filing 100

Filing Administrative Professionals 2010 IAAP 100

Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 26, 2010

We you receive document revisions, toss the orginals. Leave a comment Subscribe to blog posts by Email The Essential Motivation Handbook The Zen Habits Handbook for Life! Don’t keep routine memos or anything that gives you information you already know or have. Record meeting information on your calendar, then toss the memo.

Management 100

Management Filing Ergonomics Health 100