Laughing all the Way to Work

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On to the next task.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I used to keep the meeting sheets in paper format, but now they are all filed electronically by the date of the meeting so is easily referred back to. On some meetings sheets I have many previous meeting sheets to refer back to. I file it by YYYY-MM-DD. This way, it always files chronologically.

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Annotated Agenda

Laughing all the Way to Work

In my example below you will see that I put brackets around the notes and italicize them. You will see in my example below that I use red font, but you can use any colour that stands out or highlight it in yellow. The annotated agenda is also helpful for me to refer to when I am typing up the minutes. Call to Order: 1.

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Workplace Harassment and Bullying

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Here are some examples he gave us of what may constitute harassment: physical acts or gestures, taunting or bullying, verbal abuse or racial comments/references, derogatory comments or jokes, sexual material (even material sent by email) or inappropriate behaviour used to control or influence.

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Proofreading

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For example, I was reading through letters that we were sending to a variety of people. It referred to a province in two places and in each case the province had to match the location of the person we were writing. Documents: Reading through the document is a necessary step after you have done a spell check.

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Rules for Filing Alphabetically

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For example - Robb, P. The phone book is filed alphabetically and you can always use that as a reference. I was taught that when you file the general rule is nothing comes before something. comes before Robb, Patricia. But my teacher in highschool always used to say, "When in doubt, look in the phone book".

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Successful Resumés

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They also suggested using action words when describing what you do, for example utilizing, preparing and maintaining. Here is an example, but please remember these are only suggestions: R E S U M E [Your Co-ordinates (Name, Address etc.)] For example I was applying for a job in the legal environment so wanted to highlight that].

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Telephone Message Tips.

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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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