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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative assistants are highly skilled in many areas and sometimes we take it for granted, not recognizing where we could go with our skills. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Professional Assistant Blog

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) report that, “some 10 million American men – fully 7 percent of the male population – either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from most people. Seeing Red Does it matter what colour of font you use in your e-mail? Watson Associates Inc.,

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

Better for you ergonomically as well. These work in Word, PowerPoint, and (Excel and Outlook with some exceptions). Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? They say when you do something for 30 days it becomes a habit, so try some of these and make it a new habit that will save you a lot of time. Dealing in real time.

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