article thumbnail

Top 5 Tips for Making Email the Cornerstone of Your Business

The Small Business Blog

It’s more difficult and requires a lot more specialist knowledge to intercept an email than it does to get hold of a letter or fax. Faxes with sensitive information are often left on fax machines in plain view of the whole office. Email is still one of the more secure and private ways to message people.

Email 100
article thumbnail

What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications. Related: 18 TED resources to give you some career perspective Qualities that make a good office manager Office managers know the ins and outs of the office.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

6 Tools to Help You Manage Large Projects with Local & Virtual.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  The situation: Tweet "Rob" is a project manager that is responsible for a number of projects across the world and he needs to keep track of all of them.    I LOVE basecamp I have used it to coordinate many different projects where team members are all over the place.

article thumbnail

Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

When the printer/scanner/fax breaks down I am ultimately the person who troubleshoots and fixes the machine in question. Project Management – Time Management, Critical Thinking and Coordination Skills. Event Management – Deductive and Inductive Reasoning.

article thumbnail

Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

For project management, Devesh Dwivedi of BreakingThe9to5Jail.com says “I love BaseCamp. It has every possible feature for project management, and other products from 37signals’ Suite [web-based apps for collaboration, sharing information and making decisions]. It has made us [nearly] 100% virtual.

Basecamp 294
article thumbnail

IT Infrastructure Management Opening

The Marq

Expertise defining and implementing monitoring using MS System Center Operations Manager Database knowledge using SQL Server Elissa Naideth Senior Account Manager/Technical Recruiter Kforce Technology Staffing 949-223-1425 949-500-6268 cell 949-660-1458 fax Search SoCal Tech Jobs!

article thumbnail

Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Other services that a virtual office could provide are a receptionist to handle and direct all your calls, as well as having the business mail, faxes and courier documents handled for you. Obviously you need a business address for post / faxes etc but is even a live receptionist necessary?

2010 100