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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

A system contains all the information you need to handle the accounting functions for your job. Travel planning. Meeting and event planning. Other systems you may want to prioritize, depending on your job duties, include: Disaster recovery planning. Human resources. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Catering.

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Having a good outlook when it comes to Outlook

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would not want your boss to find out about an important meeting at the last minute that they should have been prepared for. I create the calendar appointment in my boss’s calendar and I always invite myself as a resource person so it also appears in my calendar as well.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I hope you keep your address book locked up as that would be a very valuable source of information for someone up to no good. I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Too much information.

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Grrr! moments

Laughing all the Way to Work

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As.

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Pass it on.

Laughing all the Way to Work

This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available.

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. Too much information. 411 Look Up 411.ca