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Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy

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Home About Me Advertise Adhering to the "Open Door" Policy By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Prioritize I n my last job, I had my own office. I work in a large firm now where it’s mainly an open concept area, with only the managers having their own offices.

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Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween

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Luckily, in my office, we dress in casual clothes all of the time and we do have a corporate policy of being able to dress up in a costume for this event. Check with your Human Resources Department or manager to see if this falls into your corporate policy. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

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What would happen if your company gets audited or your manager asks you for an e-mail from a few years ago? The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. This happens to office workers all of the time. There are two ways of backing up your e-mails.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

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Then I would create worksheets within each sheet with headings such as: Name Time of Call Reason for Call If you work for more than one manager or you need to track calls for more than one person, you might want to create a heading that states something like "Person Receiving Call" or something along the lines of this.

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Self Defense for Admins

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You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Soft Skills Soft skills include being able to handle customer service issues and basic, appropriate, and effective interaction with co-workers, clients and customers, and management. Get the knowledge you need.

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

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I took it to my manager, since I didn't want to embarrass the person and she took care of it. Our workplace actually has a policy of not allowing them any longer. What makes that right? Posted on 19 June, 2009 2:50 PM The Professional Assistant I've had this same situatino before, where a person would constantly hum.

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College May Not be for Everyone, but Education is

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