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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Administrative Assistants have a list of things they specialize in including business writing, proofreading, minute taking, meeting planning, travel agent, desktop publishing, editing, public relations and client liaison to name a few. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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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. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead.

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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. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. Why do we not use their full name? Or it is that we just dont know how to address them so revert to last names?

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The E-tiquette of E-mail

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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. With the increasing use of e-mail as the first choice for business correspondence it opens a whole new world of dos and donts for the assistant. Watson Associates Inc.,

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

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Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info. I am not a legal expert and do not claim to give any legal advice.

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I also do not claim to give any medical, financial, psychological, veterinary, retail, personal training or HR advice, although at times it may seem like I think I know what Im talking about, it is just my opinion. My opinions are based on experience, education, trial and error and blunders and bloopers made throughout my life and career.