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Stay organized and secure with electronic records management

BMT Office Administration

He put Laura in charge of going through a bunch of drawers with instructions to make folders to organize papers of current worth, box up other documents that somebody might need down the line, and toss insignificant and old material. Such a management system utilizes information technology to organize and store records in electronic form.

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It’s time to review (or create) your document retention policy

BMT Office Administration

Defining what types of documents your organization must keep as a record, their retention period, and their destruction policy also gives your organization credibility in the eyes of outsiders. Legal consult proves especially helpful in matters involving the organization’s litigation hold policy.

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Employers Beware: There Are Rising Legal Risks Of Rigid RTO Policies

Allwork

The insistence of employers on a full return to the office, without considering individual circumstances, could lead to a surge in legal issues — particularly discrimination claims. Are employers walking into a legal storm by enforcing rigid return-to-office (RTO) mandates?

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Did You Know Paper and Other Things in Your Office Hold Emotion?

Stephanie LH Calahan

Several methods are used by professional organizers, such as the "TRASH" system for processing paper: T hrow it away or recycle it. While we often talk about rules and guidelines for getting rid of things, let's address the world of stuff from a different direction. R efer it to someone else A ct on it.   :-).

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here are the top qualities that an assistant must have: Be organized. Can I say that again – BE ORGANIZED! An assistant’s job is to organize the boss and in order to do that we must be organized ourselves. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 December, 2008 Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 19 September, 2008 Using a Bring-Forward System to Help Organize Your Boss Of all the articles I have written, the one I wrote on the bring-forward system by far gets the most views. As an Executive Assistant to a busy CEO, I have to organize my boss and I needed a bring-forward system to meet his needs.

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Working for the Disorganized.

Laughing all the Way to Work

The argument could be said that the role of the assistant is to assist and keep your boss organized so we shouldnt complain when we have to do it. I have found the best way to cope is to keep yourself organized. Keep an organized filing system and file list. Remind them verbally as well when you meet with them.