Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

Flu season can definitely be debilitating to your health. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Did your co-worker, significant other or a client give you a surprise by coughing and sneezing around you? Dont you wish you could be where they are (to the left) instead?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

As I was going through the manual, I saw chapters on office procedures, confidentiality, health and safety, security and more. I basically know how to answer the phones and take messages. The Human Resources Director pointed me to a small office and I was left alone to read what must have been 200 pages. I have not had much guidance.

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Time Zones IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals 100

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

The other way is to get off on a lower floor and either walk the difference, which can be great for your health (read my post on Walk Into A Better Life for more tips) or wait for the next ride. This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights.

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Etiquette UPS 2008 Cubicle 100

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I remember going to a walk-in clinic (doctors office) for an ailment at the time. I gave in my health card and was asked to be seated. B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. It was interesting to see that there were numbers on the side of them.

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Filing 2008 Cubicle 2007 100

On The Job

APRIL 13, 2010

In fact, Avery says she chose Hawaii for a vacation because it is so far away from her office in Connecticut, and “I wanted somewhere in a different time zone so that people would think twice about just picking up the phone and calling me,” she says. “If April 17, 2010 11:52 AM Dan McCarthy said.

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2010 Stress Cubicle Time Zones 100

Men With Pens

JULY 14, 2010

That means specializing by industry (such as high-tech or health care), medium (such as websites or social media), or an area of expertise (such as education or publishing). Yes, you have to manage your time and you can’t email all day, but don’t get so efficient that you become unreachable and aloof.

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Brilliantly Better

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Email: Some of the people that I’ve followed for a long time have also becoming regular contributors to my email inbox. You live in different time zones, you may have different interests, or different family lives. Some of them I only email, some I skype, and some I regularly talk to on the phone.

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Brilliantly Better

JULY 17, 2010

I think that was also the day when I started to use my app as an excuse for not going out or as a standard answer at the phone. I can get pathological, I warned you… Frustration Level (0 – 100): 5 – That Quartz Core thing proved to be a little bit too time consuming, but in the end everything went well. Complicated.

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