Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 31, 2016

We're not referring to the holidays. For example, adaptive security systems (trend 10) are adaptive because of their use of machine learning techniques.  It's that time of year again. It's trend forecast season, when everyone releases their top trends lists and predictions for the next year. 

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2017

No, I’m not referring to the holiday season. Real-world examples to help you better understand how to apply these tools in your own life. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Nerd Alert. To be honest, I got started a little early this year. I’ve been deep into this work for a month already. REGISTER HERE.

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C-Suite Assistants

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Here are examples of illegal interview questions: Where were you born? Are you going to want to take time off for religious holidays? When screening candidates, these examples of inappropriate interview questions should be on your “do not ask” list. What Are Illegal Questions to Ask in an Interview? Where is your accent from?

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 6, 2017

If you’re a freelancer, for example, or someone who earns a full time living through various streams of income (generally referred to as a “portfolio” career), your experience may appear a bit scattered on paper. During the holidays, I was honored to participate in the Office Dynamics 12 Days of Christmas webinar extravaganza event!

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Worxbee

AUGUST 16, 2021

This means that your holiday snaps or duck-face selfies just don’t cut it as a profile picture. For example, some people have everything they’ve ever done included on their profiles, but this doesn’t make it any easier for recruiters to spot the best candidates. Of the two examples above, which do you think will get more attention?

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Clutter Coach

JANUARY 18, 2019

One example is short sleeve tops, long sleeve tops, skirts, pants, dresses and jackets. I also see the utility of having folders for work projects if you find yourself constantly referring back to email conversations for information not recorded elsewhere, or it’s important to have an immediately available paper trail.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 30, 2015

At the start of each day print off a copy of your Director’s diaries so that when someone asks where they are or what they have on today you can refer to the piece of paper rather than stopping what you are doing on the computer and accessing their diaries via outlook. Ensure you have everything at your finger tips.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The encoding stage refers to the process of putting information into memory. The storage stage refers to retention or maintaining information in memory. The retrieval stage refers to recovering information from memory. Get hooked on mnemonics. Mnemonic devices boost memory through associations.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 15, 2012

Remember on Seinfeld , when George Costanza’s dad decided to rebel against the commercialism of the winter holidays and celebrate a holiday called Festivus instead? Take, for example, the Goldman Sachs executive, Greg Smith, whose scathing resignation letter hit the opinion pages of the New York Times.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

You could also open a folder in Outlook for Telephone Messages if that would be useful to refer back to. For example, "You have reached the voicemail of Patricia Robb, Assistant to [insert your professional's name]". I always identify myself and give my title.

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The Marq

APRIL 17, 2019

Here are the books and a short description of each, listed in order of recommendation, highest first: Ego is the Enemy , by Ryan Holiday This was a book I started during Christmas time and finished in early January. Steven Kotler provides many good historical references from what he has covered over the years as a science research reporter.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

For example, Dr. William Harvey made medical history by explaining how the circulatory system worked: He likened the heart to a pump and gave himself a new frame of reference—and from that he understood blood vessels as part of a unified pumping system. (2) Your calm demeanor will lower everyone’s stress level.

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Office Organization Success

APRIL 9, 2010

How you handle your regular holiday sales. You should put it at the bottom of each sales page, but also reference it on the area of your sales page where your customer is just about to purchase. For example, a great place to link to your Sales Policy page is right underneath where you have your ‘Click Here to order’ button.

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

At the start of each day print off a copy of your Director’s diaries so that when someone asks where they are or what they have on today you can refer to the piece of paper rather than stopping what you are doing on the computer and accessing their diaries via outlook. Ensure you have everything at your finger tips.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 7, 2014

Pink (signed by the author himself) to all of our employees at A Small Orange as part of our holiday gift package. Pink cited enterprise software company Atlassian and Palantir as examples. Frames of reference are important. Potential frames of reference are more/less, experiences, labels, blemishes, and potential.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 3, 2011

.  Here are a few tips to get started: Set up a filing system to store and manage your paperwork Your paperwork likely consists of three types of paper:  1) stuff you need to take action on 2) stuff you are saving for reference and 3) stuff that you should have tossed a long time ago, but haven't.    Avoid backlog. 

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

It has always amazed me however that once someone becomes a President they start being referred to by their last name by the media and people in general. For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday.

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. One item Ive noticed is mood swings.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 4, 2010

At home, see if you can set aside a weekend for paying bills and organizing your savings and even planning your breaks and holidays. 'Organize' You may also find it useful to hold a de-briefing session with yourself, colleagues or family after important events - for example, after an eventful meeting or at the end of an unusual day.

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S.

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Admins4Admins

DECEMBER 16, 2009

For example; if you are searching for Telephone sound clips, enter the word “Telephone&# in the Search for: text box. Happy Holidays! Keywords are search terms you would use to narrow the search for a specific sound clip. There is no need to capitalize the search word(s). Glad you found the tips useful!

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I

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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 finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Keep in touch.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 23, 2012

That would be a large class but just as an example. They get introductions from a lot of the different leaders in the company so they meet the people that can be good contacts and points of reference for them around the organization, and then they also get a better understanding of what each department really does on a daily basis.

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." Speak to your IT Department. Excellent material!

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Success

JUNE 23, 2023

Some people refer to this as an emergency fund , but it is essentially three to six months’ worth of living expenses you can use to pay for essentials if you lose your income or get hit with unexpected bills, such as a car repair or medical emergency. For example, if you invest $500 and earn 5% the first year, you’ll make $25 in interest.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 7, 2023

“People are often not aware that they are on zero hours contracts until a problem occurs, such as a repeated loss of shifts, maternity leave access or questions around holiday pay,” continues Professor Warhurst. Legal changes should be supported by a statutory code of practice for reference in employment tribunals.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

6) Have a list of references I assume you’ve interned, had a part time job, a full time job, or volunteered at some point in your life. Anywhere you are working, when people compliment you and enjoy working with you, you should ask for a reference. You can get references from a boss, co-worker, vendor, or client.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

How are you supposed to document everything for reference, as well? For example, you may allocate specific time periods throughout the day to check email or send out meeting agendas and reminders. During the holidays, there may be less email and meetings and more time for planning and organizing. You already do a million things.

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Get Organized!

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

While yearly planners are great for reference, they really dont let you to plan much of anything. Before investing in any planner, check to see if it offers other tools to help you "keep it together" besides the standard dates, notes, and holidays. For example. - Yearly - allows you to see the entire year in one fell swoop.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

third party references 2. Diarmuid ODonovan Said on September 18th, 2007 at 2:40 am I refer to the post from Dennis Would you trust an unqualified Doctor? If there is only one accountant, what do you do when they take a holiday? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Hopefully not!

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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. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Excellent material!

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