Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

They’re hardly able to enjoy the slower pace, for fear that they’re not being as productive as they could or should be. If you’re currently experiencing some downtime at work, or if you’re likely to have some in the near future, here are a few ways you can use this rare period of peace productively. Does it still make sense?

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Success

AUGUST 5, 2022

Your goal might not be to enter a memory competition, but you might have a simpler goal to be able to remember names and faces, or what you read in a magazine or a book, or to give speeches without notes or memorize product knowledge.”. Ever since then, I have been amazed at how my mind is capable of using this system,” he says.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

After purging the unnecessary stuff that mounted in your desk and anywhere else, it’s now time to prepare your filing system. Chaos can easily break anywhere in your living space if no filing system is set up to hold the different materials that you accumulate as you work. Physical File System.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2017

This is the second article in a two-part series on productivity apps for admins by Julie Perrine. As an administrative professional, you need to be productive and organized wherever you go. Update, backup, and share files with your executive and team – no flash drives needed! Designed by Freepik. You can read part 1 here.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Whether we like it or not, paperless systems are slow reaching mass acceptance. You could explore a personal paperless system. However, if that’s not workable for you right now, make sure you have a good filing system in place. When building you system, consider these factors: Don’t be too logical. Keep it simple.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 7, 2011

Most companies will look to document scanning as a way of managing their paper based information and with advances and maturing technology these solutions have started to become economically viable. These systems are often error prone. These systems are often error prone. The Cost Of Storing Documents Long Term.

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Professional Assistant Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Do you find that you are being bombarded with updates to the same files time and time again?

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BMT Office Administration

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Managers and supervisors kept track of employee performance and productivity by directly monitoring them throughout the workday. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 threw a wrench into this tried and true system for most companies. Here are some of the most popular methods for measuring the productivity of your remote workforce.

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Productivity Bits

JUNE 20, 2017

We’ve all been there: Keeping and storing documents that we deemed important throughout the years only to walk into the home office space one day and see a mountain of papers staring back. Going paperless is not only better for the environment, but it can make you more productive. It is helpful to have a scan, discard, and file system.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 30, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 2 Measures of effective productivity systems… Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on June 30, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I few years ago, when asked for my best productivity tip, I posted, use the system that works for you. Thanks for visiting!

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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. Image and video files, as an example, can be heavy on storage. Database File Photo via Shutterstock.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 27, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you having trouble with your filing system? If you really do have to put a lot of files in a folder, place a rubber band around the folder.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

They achieve productivity more quickly; they cost less in total, and they’re a more flexible cost; they require less emotional investment from their employers; and they take less time and effort to replace. The cons of expert freelancers They can be tough to integrate into existing systems. Develop a file-sharing system.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

It is a fascinating document and many of the suggestions are coming into fruition four years on. These include, managing the internal filing system, administrative tasks such as holiday requests, travel management, sick leave etc. It’s not just documents. We are our office information managers!

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In my experience, many organizations follow an “honor system.” Meaning: I capture the information for my own records, but I also go ahead and input the data into the online tracking system for the certification. Some people use a simple Word document or Excel spreadsheet. It’s often considered optional. Other folks use OneNote.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2019

Establish a filing system. Most of your files are probably going to be digital, but you still need to know where everything you need is stored. Looking for lost files will take up as much of your time as looking for misplaced items. You need to make sure all your files are in its proper place.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. You might be using a new phone system or dealing with new project management software. Think back to the last time you started a new job.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 10, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Going Green" With Your Documents By The Professional Assistant on Monday, July 13, 2009 Filed Under: Productivity D o you recycle your unwanted papers at work? You keep printing document after document, not realizing how many trees you are using and how much waste you are creating.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - First of all, there is not a perfect tool or a perfect system.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 15, 2023

So if you have travel planning experience, you need to document it! The following are some examples of how to document your travel planning abilities in your professional portfolio. Work Sample: My Travel Planning System I love to travel! I could upload the three documents as three separate work samples.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2017

I am guilty of being an email addict and spending unnecessary amounts of time reading, replying and filing my emails. Instead, archive emails that do not need your attention, answer emails quickly if they do not require too much thought and file emails that need more time for a reply. One area that is my absolute weak spot is email.

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Success

JUNE 19, 2022

While you’re certainly capable of answering the telephone, filing and ordering supplies, why waste your time on drudgery that almost anyone could do? For example, anytime Apple changed its operating system or upgraded Siri, her company needed to adapt. “We Some tasks are easy to do but also easy to hand off. Who you gonna call?

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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. Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 20, 2016

But if you’re willing to learn a person’s preferences, and not foist your own on him or her, you can help this person develop systems to stay organized by following these tips. Setup organization systems that will work for the person. Systems are an ordered and proven process that saves time, effort, and unnecessary stress.

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Tips From T. Marie

JULY 21, 2016

We’re well into the 21 st century, so why is it that so many business offices are still using outdated office machines and systems? Think about how much better office productivity is with computers and replace the following five things with online tech. Replace those antique computers and computer systems. Bonus Replacements.

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Productivity Bits

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The phone comes with 2GB microSD (capacity is up to 32GB) which makes it a decent storage device for documents and other files. My BlackBerry Bold 9780 became an extension of my productivity system right out of the box. The built-in applications on the phone are enough to cover my basic need for productivity tools.

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Productivity Bits

MAY 12, 2011

And since it is a web-based device, you always have access to all your applications and files anytime and anywhere – that is if you have an access to the internet (a downside?). No applications (except the operating system that runs the device and other modules of its subsystem) are locally stored in the device. Large Document.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 2, 2013

For example, electronic content management (ECM) can help manage office operations, while raising employee skills and productivity; ultimately helping the business to perform at its best. Cloud-based ECM systems can support your company’s coaching staff with the following benefits: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (The Coach).

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

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. So, getting organised and implementing policies or a filing system to help life in the office run a little more smoothly could be very worthwhile in the long run.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday. We really didn’t need the manual.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Building a successful long-term profitable business isn't about "marketing" your business, it's about "managing" your business - the marketing comes once you have your management systems in place. CREATE your paper-based filing system.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Want Confidential Documents to Stay Confidential? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 30, 2007 Filed Under: A re you looking for a way to make sure that others don’t open your letters or packages? Then Redi-Tag Security Seals and Tape is the product for you.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

When the HVAC system was installed, someone thought we might want the user manual for the system: a 400 page PDF document. Instead of filing the PDF on the network, the document was printed and placed in a filing cabinet , where it will sit until doomsday or at least until someone cleans out those files.

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All Things Admin

MAY 5, 2021

Whether it’s creating effective systems for minute taking, follow-up on action items, travel planning, procedures documentation, or developing communication systems that are easy for your executives to scan for information, organization is a vital skill for success-minded admins. Inserting files, screenshots, and links.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 25, 2016

It is increasingly important to know how to work productively from anywhere, anytime. Today, going mobile means having instant access to all documents, content and colleagues, and the tools to get any job done – anywhere, anytime. Now, on to a few key productivity mobile apps. Share and collaborate on files.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Or it could be that your files, equipment, tools and work area are so scattered and unorganized that it takes you twice as long to get anything done because you have to do a search and rescue mission first just to find what you need. Try creating a document of templates for verbiage you use often in your correspondence.

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 4, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010 Increase Productivity with Keyboard Shortcuts Try these keyboard shortcuts to increase productivity time, and decrease the time it takes to complete tasks. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. Lets grow together! A new topic each month.

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