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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Tips on Handling Deadlines By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you hate deadlines? Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday?

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Here are 11 quick tips for helping you overcome those office blues: Think of the positives, not the negatives.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? Here are 9 great tips on making you a better blogger: Credentials are a must. Do you feel like you want to voice your opinion about other topics?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post soruba Nice blog. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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JULY 7, 2010

You can also find more Microsoft Excel tips and tricks here. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

One of my readers asks: Ive been reading your blog for the past few months and really appreciate all the information and tips you provide! Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 4comments for this post eurobillion This post has been removed by a blog administrator. Try as I may, but she annoys the heck out of me.

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JULY 24, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Prioritization: A Colorful Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, July 24, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you receive quite a bit of e-mail in your Inbox each day, but have trouble prioritizing them? Then I have my faxes set up as green. Click on Using Colors.

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JULY 16, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JUNE 8, 2010

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 1 comments for this post Katie Cohen-Hausman It is GREAT to see you post again! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post deals nice site about deals thank you Posted on 30 October, 2009 5:56 PM Anonymous Thank you! Whats next? Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you have too many applications open on your computer? Home About Me Advertise Too Many Applications Driving You Crazy? Have you passed by a co-workers desk and noticed that they have 20 different things running all at once?

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JULY 17, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 14, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 10, 2009

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ? Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 5comments for this post Patricia Robb Thanks Richard. Work From Home India Posted on 19 March, 2010 10:01 PM Justine I really like this tip and used it twice today. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. I'm going to try this.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Dealing With Unreasonable Requests By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 08, 2009 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity Y ou receive an e-mail , among the many others that you receive each and every day. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc. Do you feel that you could find better buys, not just by going to the different stores such as Staples or Grand & Toy , but online as well? Since I work for a large corporation, this is my case as well.

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AUGUST 21, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking , Organize , Productivity A re you in the process of looking for a job? Do you need some helpful tips on how to get that dream job that you always wanted? Here are some more articles on job seeking tips.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

I have been updating my firms website stats for quite some time now and wanted to share some tips on getting the information correct - the first time. Another tip that I would like to add is to make sure to exclude any IP addresses or pages that spiders or other crawlers might hit your site with. Do you have software in place for it?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Here are some tips to consider: Even if you dont know the answer to their question, tell them that you will get back to them via e-mail, phone, etc. For more great tips on customer service, check out my post entitled 7 Ways to Great Customer Service. Then those friends would tell those friends, and so on and so forth.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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MARCH 26, 2008

To combat these problems, here are some tips you can follow: Boredom: Ask your manager or fellow colleagues to see if they need help with anything. It always leads to negative productivity and sometimes people even get involved on a personal level. People generally gossip at work due to boredom, insecurity, wanting to belong.

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AUGUST 29, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, August 29, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you have a to-do list, either on a piece of paper, on Microsoft Outlook or in a planner? Try to use these tips in your everyday life and see how much better and easier things will get done.

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APRIL 24, 2008

Post from: Assistant Tips 1 comments for this post Mr.galle Hello, this brog is nice!! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? I already link to this page.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 19, 2009 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Access , MS-Excel , MS-Outlook , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D oes your department have an administrative procedures manual? One of my readers asks: The organization I work for has no administrative procedure manual.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? Home About Me Advertise Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online! Do you feel that you could be doing this faster?

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APRIL 1, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Productivity With Shared Files By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, April 01, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Organize , Productivity D o you share your files with others in your firm? Thanks for the tip, Richard Posted on 1 April, 2008 12:33 PM Anonymous Google docs is the best way Ive found to do this.

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DECEMBER 31, 2007

Here are some tips on getting your team members to lower their voices: Ask the group of people to quiet down, move their conversation to a meeting room or even take the conversation outside. I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. Its nice to socialize at times, but we are here to work.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

Organize a walking club. See if you can organize a small group of people to join you and make sure to spread the word. You can also find more tips by reading 6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance. Ok, at times, it can get cold, since Im located in Canada , but most of the time, I take a brisk walk around my workplace.

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JANUARY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Using Microsoft Outlook Calendar Properly By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you trying to book a meeting with someone or a group of people? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. Whats next?

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

Home About Me Advertise "Stop Watch"ing Your Productivity By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you multi-task too much? Did you know that multi-tasking can hinder your performance rather than help you get your work completed faster? Whats next?

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log! Whats next?

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