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Outsourcing - Good or Bad?

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The downfall of outsourcing is that youre not sure if the quality of the work will be presented, since you are relying one someone or a company to do the work for you and might not be to your standards. Heres an example of what happened with me.

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Write An Effective Out Of Office Assistant Message

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A simple bounce back message will be e-mailed to them letting them know that you can’t help them at the present time and for them to contact someone that you’ve delegated to help out in these types of situations. I appreciate your example. And lastly, don’t forget to turn it on.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

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. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Taking the time to acknowledge someone and say thanks.

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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. It is an American based company and I am in Canada, but the cards I sent were all received within a week. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Too much information.

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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. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

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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. His children look well behaved and are pretty young girls. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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When you suspect a co-worker has a substance abuse problem.

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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. One item Ive noticed is mood swings. I guess from a personal perspective. Their supervisor should be noting if they are late often or have too many sick days. If I felt really compelled to talk to them.