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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

INTERVIEW WELL Make it a conversation. You are interviewing them too so ask questions. Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? How true that is! Minute taking made easier.

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Now, there doesnt seem to be a difference in price at all, it is just common practice that we have to do it ourselves.

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Guest Blog by Alexis Bonari: 10 Easy Ways to Check and Maximize.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? He relied totally on spell check so you can imagine what typos were missed. Good thing I checked.

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The Pitfalls of Working in the Entertainment Industry

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

As he's been interviewing everyone would ask him the same questions. 3) As I'm interviewing around town, I've noticed a lot of roles require expert-level usage of software programs that me or my supervisors never had to use - Quickbooks, Powerpoint, and Excel or bookkeeping, accounting, and sales-related skills.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

He wrote in one sentence that he had "expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." I bet they never asked you that question at a job interview). Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Good thing I checked.

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Keep Calm and Carry On

Office Dynamics

I have a 60 slide PowerPoint presentation to “juice” by adding three dimensional effects, color images, and catchy transitions. Several travel expense accounts are waiting to be processed. There are six interviews with out of state candidates to arrange travel for, and an interview panel of five busy people to schedule around.