Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 16, 2008

If my co-worker in the next cubicle is away and someone comes looking for her I usually know where she has gone as we regularly call out to each other where we are going as we rush off to do a photocopying job or send a fax. It is especially helpful to know what your neighbour was doing before they leave on vacation or take a sick day.

Cubicle 100

Cubicle Fax Phones Environment 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 28, 2008

Here is my list: Drafting letters Scheduling meetings Managing boss's time Transcribing tapes Typing correspondence and lengthy documents Organizing yourself and others Filing Setting reminders and following up Managing bring-forward system Making travel arrangements Typing expense reports Managing boss's e-mail account as well as your own Sending (..)

Fax 100

Fax Phones Expenses Filing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 22, 2008

Lynn Crosbie a Medical Assistant at a Research Hospital says, “Every time I learn something new, I write it in my manual, i.e. how to use the fax machine, information about the phone system, where the photocopier is located, who my contacts are in this position, who I can call for help, etc.

Fax 100

Fax Interviewing Medical Mentoring 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 1, 2008

Although I rarely get anything of real importance by regular mail, I still receive a lot of mail by courier and by fax. Is there opportunity in the mail? Can we show initiative in this seemingly menial task? I think we can give our boss a sense of confidence in our abilities in how we handle the mail.

Fax 100

Fax Calendars Filing Confidence 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Here are some ways Administrative Assistants can work together as a team: Pay attention to what others in your team are doing. Can you pitch in and help when someone is swamped?

Fax 100

Fax Finance 2007 Goals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

One person I know works full-time at home as an assistant, but in her case she runs the office of a volunteer organization and her home is actually the office: All couriers are sent to her home, the business phone, fax and computer are all at her home.

Fax 100

Fax 2007 Phones Environment 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 22, 2008

We have the technology to get voicemails, faxes and transcriptions by e-mail and with the addition of a business line you can easily re-direct business calls to your home and no one would know that they were calling someone’s home and not the office.

Virtual Assistant Networking Association 100

Virtual Assistant Networking Association Equipment Ergonomics Fax 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 8, 2007

For instance if I need to register my boss for a conference by a certain date and I have a hard copy registration form that needs to be faxed I would it in my Wait Bin and set a Task reminder for the day before I need to send it. My Task would read something like "WAITBIN: Register Mr. Brown for Australia Conference."

Fax 100

Fax Forms 2007 Email 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

how to use the fax machine, information about the phone system, where the photocopier is located, who my contacts are in this position, who I can call for help, etc. I have found you just have to dig in and get down to the new tasks in front of you, and not concentrate on that. Every time I learn something new, I write it in the manual, ie.

Interviewing 100

Interviewing Fax 2007 Phones 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2008

I decided on my way to the fax machine to read it over and found a big mistake that would have been hard to take back. Mistakes I have almost made Sometimes the mistakes that I have almost made have left a big impression as well. My boss gave me a letter to send and told me that it was fine to go.

Fax 100

Fax Travel Learning UPS 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 3, 2008

Check to see if it is to go by fax, courier, regular mail, registered mail or email, and then make sure you send it that way? It is easy when you are using an old document to have the correct addressee, but in the salutation the wrong name; Do I have the correct signature line and initials? Is there a c.c. that I have to remember to send?

Fax 100

Fax 2008 Email AT&T 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 2, 2008

Make sure your signature line is complete with name, who you work for, company name, phone and fax. I am [Insert Name]'s new assistant. I will be handling the scheduling of this meeting.

Filing 100

Filing Interviewing Fax Confidence 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

Your company may have a policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number. They already know your e-mail address if they have received an e-mail from you so no need to put this in your signature line.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette 2005 Email Filing 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Your company may have a strict policy on what they want you to include in the signature line and what it should look like, but generally you would include your name, title, company name and address, telephone and fax number.

Etiquette 100

Etiquette Filing Email 2005 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 27, 2009

Your co-workers are probably all new to you, you dont know how to use the photocopier or fax machine and more importantly "where is the bathroom?" I remember throughout the first week that I was there, when I asked a question on how to do something, someone would say, "its in the manual, did you not read it?"

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

In my experience I have found that providing administrative support is whatever is needed to support your boss and make the office function efficiently.

Time Zones 100

Time Zones IAAP 2009 International 100