Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Here is how to calculate the difference between two numbers as a percentage: For example, your earnings are $2,342 in November and $2,500 in December. It kept providing me topics that werent relevant to the particular answer I was looking for. I then checked Excels help file and there it was.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 9, 2008

For example, if I have Microsoft Excel XP and would like to send a file to a client that only has Microsoft Excel 97 (which was a horrible disaster for Microsoft, since there were quite a few bugs in this version), you could save the file as a Microsoft Excel 97 version. I remember in the past that you can always downgrade files.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2008

F or example, if you want to make a million dollars before you die, write out exactly what you want and how you will achieve this. Another thing that helps people to get motivated is by writing some sort of mantra on a piece of paper or printing it out. This way, when you sit down, you can read it each and every day.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. To thank your boss for being supportive during a trying time. What a neat idea for businesses too.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 27, 2008

For example, if I need to send out a newsletter to all clients, I would call it "Newsletter" At this point, you would just start up a new e-mail, click on the "To:" button and select "Newsletter" from your address book. Add New, of course, would be used to add a brand new contact.

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 29, 2008

Move all of the other tasks to the next day or time that you can tackle them. Next, add a time frame to each task. For example, I will try to work on task A for 1 hour. This will keep your project/goal in a manageable time frame, where you know how much time will be left once youve accomplished these tasks.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

my advice when you suspect a co-worker has a problem with drug or alcohol is to alert HR.but have some specific examples available. One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. Their supervisor should be noting if they are late often or have too many sick days. If I felt really compelled to talk to them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

What about brainstorming to see what organizational tools would work best in the office? As an example, I am now helping my boss with a corporate blog he started and because I have experience with blogging in my personal life, I have used that and now do it professionally as well.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Send a text including the business name (or business type) and the zip code youre searching for. Within moments youll have a text message in return with the information youre seeking.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 24, 2009

Under Leader, click the leader option that suits your needs i.e. ……1 or --1 Click OK Type text you want i.e. Agenda as in example below. How to set Out-of-Office Assistant Tools, Out-of-Office Assistant. In the Paragraph dialog box, click Tabs (bottom left). Then tab over and your leader will appear.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 4, 2008

For example: Advertising inquiries, please contact John Doe at john.doe@company.com Billing inquiries, please contact Jane Smith at jane.smith@company.com And so on and so forth. I appreciate your example. And lastly, don’t forget to turn it on. Thanks, Richard Posted on 23 September, 2008 10:40 AM Delilah Thanks for the tip.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 26, 2008

In this example, I did the following: Go to the end of page 1, i.e. the last cell (bottom right), or after the last word on the page. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I I had a 6 page table and I changed the footer on page 2 and then again on page 5.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. I choose to tell stories that I know others can relate to and maybe even learn from listening. Keep in touch. Give before you get.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2008

Explain to him that youre in a situation where you feel unproductive and give some examples. I usually follow up ever 3 business days on outstanding items. Another thing that I can suggest is to have a meeting with your boss. M ention him that you are here to help in any way you can. Remind him that this is why he hired you.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

In my readers example, the problem was the trials of working for multiple bosses when one or more of them is disorganized. Disorganized bosses are also very appreciative of the way we can make order out of chaos so there is a lot of job satisfaction when you are appreciated and needed.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. Check with your boss and if agreed, unsubscribe from any unnecessary e-mails that may be cluttering their Inbox or create subfolders and drag and drop these e-mails there for your boss to check when he or she has the time to review them. Speak to your IT Department.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

I have finally taken the time to create rules for my Inbox. I knew the rules option existed, but I never took the time to check it out. What I discovered is a time saver and e-mail management tool that is a best-kept secret. Sometimes taking the time is the biggest hurdle, but this one is well worth the effort.

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