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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

While you’re certainly capable of answering the telephone, filing and ordering supplies, why waste your time on drudgery that almost anyone could do? As a company, we lead with our hearts and are very transparent with our suppliers,” she says. Some tasks are easy to do but also easy to hand off.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Customer support is another industry where employee monitoring tools have long been the norm. Time tracking and file tracking. Another way to monitor remote employees is to use time tracking or file tracking software. File tracking uses and benefits. File tracking has other benefits as well.

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Win an award-winning Brother office labeller

Practically Perfect PA

The labeller can help with everything from organising office filing to tracking property through specialist bar code and asset management labels. And you can find the P-touch range from all good office suppliers or online at [link]. ( *GfK 2014 study conducted amongst 1,501 businesses with labelling devices across UK, France and Germany).

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A day in the life: Matthew Want, PA, Marcham Publishing

Practically Perfect PA

For any of us that have heard Lucy speak, we will know that Matthew is the person that keeps the wheels rolling at Executive Secretary Magazine while Lucy travels around the world promoting the industry. Meeting and greeting visitors, liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff in a professional manner.

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What does it take to be a successful HR Assistant?

Page Personnel

This could include looking after employees, managers, customers, suppliers and clients. Those who work in a human resources assistant position need to be able to analyse data, create reports, understand an employee file and communicate effectively with other departments. The HR job often involves working out how to manage people.

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Gatekeeping: what does it actually mean?

Practically Perfect PA

The term ‘gatekeeper’ is used in association with PAs/ EAs frequently, you will see it in job applications, CVs, articles relating to the industry and everything in between, but what does it actually mean to us? In the minds of these industries we are the people to get around and the barrier to overcome. Tanya Battel. Louise Jones.

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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. Filed under: Regulation , Training and Guidance.

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