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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

A good system is documentable, sharable, and repeatable. Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. The best way to explain how to document your systems on paper is to show you. Meeting Agenda.

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A Day in the Life of an Admin

The Office Professionals Place

Their duties include (but are not limited to) answering and screening calls, meeting and greeting clients and customers, maintaining executives calendars, writing correspondence, generating reports, meeting planning, filing, travel arrangements, maintain client/customer data records, supervising others, and the list goes on.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

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.

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Recently I was working with someone on an Excel document. They sent an e-mail wondering if any of the assistants could help them export a document from Excel to Word. Unlike Word you will only see the header repeated when you do a print preview or print the document. Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File.

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When you need it later: The Bring-Forward System

Laughing all the Way to Work

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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That is not in my job description.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Its all in how you handle it and how you present it to your boss. "It Can versus Could Capitalization of hyphenated words Capitalization of names Commas in a series Company name Complement vs compliment Confusing words: lunch/luncheon; company/accompany Contractions Currently vs presently Data: singular or plural?

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Managing your Boss's Inbox

Laughing all the Way to Work

Of course my comments are limited because the subject matter is not my expertise, but he relies on my input and corrections to make the document look good. Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Many times I need to proof text and comment with my thoughts before he even looks at it. THanks for sharing!