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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. They create a document retention policy that clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long.

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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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Should Employees be Allowed to Use Social Media?

Small Business CEO

Since social media hit the front page almost a decade ago many employers have debated allowing employees’ full social media access. Nowadays many companies even have social media policies governing the ways that an employee can access social media in the work environment and whether they can at all.

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Will The U.S. Executive Order Regulating AI Stifle The Future Of Work?

Allwork

In the early days of social media, the federal government failed to create regulations on data collection until the Data Protection Act of 2018 and modern consumers are still dealing with the widespread dissemination of misinformation that the government is continuing to try and curtail. The 111-page Executive Order is monolithic.

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Re-Visited: The Intro Packet

Tips From T. Marie

The elevator speech that I mention in that original post, while still used, has really taken a back seat to social media posts. Do the rapid changes that online technology and social media bring to the business world mean that an intro packet is no longer needed? Business Policies (if applicable). Not at all.

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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

You can’t spend more than two minutes on social media without being inundated by self-proclaimed “experts” telling you how A.I. Follow your organization’s policies and don’t share any private information, whether personal or business-related. Over the past few months, we’ve all watched in amazement as hundreds of new A.I.

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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

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.