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E-mail Etiquette

Laughing all the Way to Work

With the increasing use of email as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and don'ts for the assistant.Here are Some Good-Sense Email Etiquette Tips: Email Salutations: Although email is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. Be Angry but Send not!

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

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Customer support is another industry where employee monitoring tools have long been the norm. Legal issues and concerns over webcam surveillance. It states that employers have the legal right to monitor employees’ verbal and written communications for any business purpose. Let’s look at what the law says to find out.

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. In an emergency, the cell phone is a useful tool. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. We joke about it, but it is distracting.

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are Some Good-Sense E-mail Etiquette Tips E-mail Salutations: Although e-mail is less formal than writing a letter it is still polite to open with a greeting. For those who are unfamiliar with Out-of-Office Assistant, go under Tools, Out of Office Assistant. Jane Watson of J. Be Angry but Send not!

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? Here is a video link on the proper etiquette to address a President. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

That makes sense, but can this system be applied to other information, like monthly bills, tax returns, staff, legal issues, normal company information? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer. I remember going to a walk-in clinic (doctors office) for an ailment at the time.

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