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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Another way we can ensure our managers stay focused is to take control of certain tasks that they should really have no involvement with (or should just been informed as and when they need to be). Assistants should also deal with all inbound communications, organise and decide which information the executive should be made aware of.

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

Practically Perfect PA

A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary. Due diligence procedures should be in place for all new third-party suppliers. More information can be found at the SOCA website [link].

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

File According to Sara Caputo, OfficeArrow’s Productivity Guru, 80% of what is filed is never looked at again. If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. If you are reverting to electronic filing, be sure to have a backup just in case your computer crashes.

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week Winner – Kai Chew

The Small Business Blog

who after seeing a problem came up with a business idea to help actuarial students gather all the information they need from one source. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. fix a problem-give to the audience-make money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Top 5 Website Design Tips

The Small Business Blog

Make sure they leave with the information they need. Use sub-headings to break up large blocks of information. And don’t get me started on those sites that make you play hide-and-seek when you try to obtain information. Keep things as simple as possible for the people visiting your website. Pages should be easily skimmed.

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Top 5 Tips for Running a Successful Business Website

The Small Business Blog

Share information about your business and about you – your history and values are important to prospective customers. A big advantage of being a smaller company is the ability to create a more personal connection with your customers – yet many SME’s bury information that would allow that on an About page.

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