March, 2008

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Some Microsoft 2007 Word Tips (Before you pull your hair out)

Laughing all the Way to Work

My new laptop came with Microsoft 2007. When I opened Word I groaned when I saw how different the toolbar looked, but I have managed to find my way around and thought I would pass on a few things I have discovered. In Microsoft 2007 instead of File you press the Office Button which is located at the top left-hand corner of the screen. The Customize Quick Access Toolbar is located along the top left-hand corner of your screen.

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The Dreaded Performance Evaluation

On The Job

Everyone hates performance appraisals. Bosses hate them because they have to come up with phrases like "does not model significant think-ratio standards throughout processing" and say them with a straight face. Employees hate them because they know that somehow, someway, the evaluation is going to be used to try and screw them out of a raise. But here's the truth: Performance appraisals aren't going away.

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Get A Job With A Thank You Letter

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Get A Job With A Thank You Letter By The Professional Assistant on Friday, March 28, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity D id you just get out of an interview ? Did you attend a few recently? Do you really want to get one of the jobs that you just applied for? One of the simplest things you can do to help the manager of your dream firm decide if you are right for the job, is to send them a Thank You letter after the interview.

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

E-Mail me or follow me. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Starting a Small Business? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Plugged in and Tuned Out: Listening to Music While you Work

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am noticing more and more people plugged into their MP3 players on the bus, walking down the street and even at work. I have written previously on how much information assistants can glean from keeping themselves tuned in to what is going on around them that I have to wonder, can administrative assistants work effectively while plugged in to their MP3 players?

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Surviving the Loaded Interview Questions

On The Job

Have you ever had a job interview and felt like it was going well until the hiring manager asked you a question and you thought: "Holy Sh**!" It might be something like: 1. "What are you going to say to your boss if we offer you this job and he or she gets upset when you say you're going to quit?" 2. "The economy is tough right now.are you one of those people who is has been caught up in this credit mess?

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Admins in the Spotlight: Distinguished Service Award Goes to Executive Assistant

Laughing all the Way to Work

Wilda Bleakley, an assistant at Rider University in New Jersey, was honoured with the Frank N. Elliott Award for Distinguished Service. She is described as the "go-to girl" with a "can-do attitude". Kudos to Wilda Bleakley. To read more click here. 1 1 Ward, Allie, The Rider News, Where There's a Wilda, There's a way: Elliott Award winner, proud parent and Campbell's aide, Bleakley does it all, [link] (accessed March 28, 2008).

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4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise 4 Steps to Setting up E-mail Distribution Lists By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 27, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity D o you find yourself having to write each persons e-mail address over and over again for certain e-mails ? Do you wish that you could make life simpler by just entering one item that would include a list of e-mail addresses?

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Is Massive Student Debt Really Worth It?

On The Job

Miriam Salpeter at Keppie Careers responded to my last post about working too much with the observation that those leaving school these days with huge student loans to repay ($80,000-$200,000) may be part of the reason people work so hard. I have to admit that with that kind of debt dogging me, I'd probably work too many hours, too. While some top tier schools are reducing the cost for low- and middle-income students, the fact remains that many families feel pressured to get their children into

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Why People Gossip At The Office

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Why People Gossip At The Office By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity D o you gossip at the office? Do you get sucked into the gossip of others? Im sure that this has happened to all of us at one point or another. Gossip has never been a positive matter.

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Feeling Like What You Do Is Never Enough

On The Job

Why are you working so much? C'mon, I know it's true. You're on your Blackberry at the dinner table, you get up at 4 a.m. just to answer a few e-mails and you've never been in a car without the cell phone to your ear. This is above and beyond the long hours you put in at your desk. So, again I ask you: Why are you working so much? Some of you are going to claim it's because you have no choice.

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Interview Question and Answer Series: #1

Laughing all the Way to Work

I don't remember my first interview, although I do remember my first job and my first paycheque. I was a junior secretary at a large bank and my salary was $137 every two weeks. I thought it was amazing. In the late 70s and early 80s, jobs were plentiful and I never considered when I went on an interview that I wouldn't get the job. I am not bragging, I think there were more jobs than workers so if you were half decent you got the job.

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Speedy Gonzales

Laughing all the Way to Work

My nickname while growing up was Speeder. My dad called me Speeder because he said when he called me to do the dishes I was always so sloooow.to show up. My family still calls me that. I am very competitive however and while I may have been slow in doing the dishes, in highschool I tried to be as fast and as accurate as I could in typing and shorthand and just about anything else I tried.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Pay Attention to What Your Boss is NOT Saying: What you can tell by your boss’s body language

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I knew something wasn't quite right. My boss was just too happy for a day that I was under the weather and had to go to a doctor's appointment and he had to rely on others to help him out. I filed it in the back of my mind, but I wasn't surprised when he told me he was leaving the company. His body language had given me a clue. The next time you get little hints from your boss's body language, pay attention.

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Pros Reveal How to Become a Great Manager

On The Job

For some people, achieving supervisor status is a career dream come true. They have put in long hours, committed their creativity and energy to helping the company succeed and now will reap the benefits. Unfortunately, many companies throw new supervisors into the management waters without a boat or even a life preserver. It’s little wonder that many new managers sink in such conditions.

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We Stand on Guard for Thee: The Assistant as the Professional Gatekeeper

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The administrative assistant is the face and voice of an organization to anyone who calls or visits. An assistant can often be the professional gatekeeper as to who gets in to see the boss and how quickly they get to speak to them on the phone. I found this neat blog "The Thin Pink Line: Four Women for Women". I have added it to my links of blogs that I read.

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There's one in Every Office: The Co-worker With the Candy

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As I was walking by a co-worker's desk, I noticed the new stock of candy in her bowl. I automatically headed over to it to check and see what goodies she had in there today. Instead of asking if I could have one however, I asked a new question: Are they sugar-free? Candies and cookies in the office are so tempting when you need a sugar high, but I'm trying to cut back.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Hyphenation

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I read an excellent post on the use of hyphenation. Click here for Lynn Gaertner-Johnston's article on when and when not to use the hyphen. I was always taught if the words were describing another word you would hyphenate it, as in "up-to-date calendar". But you wouldn't hyphenate it if you were saying "the calendar is up to date". Tags: hyphenate Lynn Gaertner-Johnston professional assistant Administrative Assistant.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Today’s assistants are computer savvy, smart and up-and-coming, and consider themselves professionals in the workplace.

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Study: Job Hopping Can Affect Wages

On The Job

There's been some debate about the idea of job hopping. Many younger workers have no problem with it, while older workers fear the perception that job hopping will make them look less reliable to prospective employers. It appears there's some value in both arguments, which I'll discuss further in this post. But on this first day of Spring, let's start with: * The Five O'Clock Club provides eight signs that it's time to change jobs.

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Blogging Etiquette

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Do you ever wonder if you are blogging properly or are you stepping on other blogger's toes? I was on Susan Johnston's blog The Urban Muse and she answered some blogging etiquette questions and had some good tips that I thought I would pass on to you. Blogging Etiquette Part 1 Blogging Etiquette Part 2 Blogging Etiquette Part 3. Tags: Urban Muse Susan Johnston blogging etiquette.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Our Changing Role

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I don't think any of us will be surprised with these survey results by OfficePro, which show that "nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of managers polled said responsibilities for support professionals have increased in the last five years". It is also reported that, "Fifty-seven percent of executives also said administrative staff have greater career options than five years ago".

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When You Hate the New Job

On The Job

When you accepted the job, you were excited about the new opportunities chance to enhance your skills. But three months later, all you can think of, is “ What was I thinking?” You now believe you’ve made a mistake when you accepted a new job. Something doesn’t feel right. Maybe you don’t like the people you work with, maybe you don’t like the duties you have been given, maybe you cannot stand your boss.

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Small Business Startup Checklist – Company Structure | THE SMALL.

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E-Mail me or follow me. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Build your own network! Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. You ask a question, I answer! Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP.

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Dancing With Purple Polar Bears

On The Job

Many of you have asked whether I'm back to two-armed blogging. I am. The cast is off and the fingers of both hands are back on the keyboard. Remind me to tell you sometime about the dream I had while on pain medication: Dancing purple polar bears armed with cheese grinders, chasing me. While that sounds like the perfect premise for a Stephen King novel, I'm going to turn my attention to finding good stuff for this Tidbit Tuesday. * Water Cooler Wisdom makes a terrific point about improving your

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha