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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

If you’re wondering whether you’re ready to outsource, the following tips and examples should be helpful: Deciding what to outsource. While you’re certainly capable of answering the telephone, filing and ordering supplies, why waste your time on drudgery that almost anyone could do? Some tasks are easy to do but also easy to hand off.

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

BMT Office Administration

An example would be call centers, where employee phone calls and voicemails were recorded and closely monitored to ensure their quality and efficiency. Customer support is another industry where employee monitoring tools have long been the norm. Time tracking and file tracking. File tracking uses and benefits.

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Gatekeeping: what does it actually mean?

Practically Perfect PA

The term ‘gatekeeper’ is used in association with PAs/ EAs frequently, you will see it in job applications, CVs, articles relating to the industry and everything in between, but what does it actually mean to us? In the minds of these industries we are the people to get around and the barrier to overcome. Tanya Battel. Louise Jones.

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

Practically Perfect PA

A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary. For example: A client has been given tickets for a Caribbean cruise, the invite has also been extended to his wife.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Over time I managed to add several hotels to our Globally Approved Travel Program, which enabled all global staff to benefit from discounted rates and also obtained supplier discounts for our intranet company benefits portal. If so highlight this and what is going on in your industry.

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day. For example, one of these mentors runs one of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Think of the motor industry. s closest rivals College Hunks Hauling in Florida.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea: Image Consultant | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Skills needed: Experience is the key to success in this industry. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 11:58 am and is filed under Business Ideas , Start-Up.

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