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Digital Declutter: How to Organize Your Virtual World

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Files, photos, passwords, apps, emails, and more fill our virtual space. The post Digital Declutter: How to Organize Your Virtual World appeared first on Eat Your Career. As modern-day professionals, we are all overloaded with electronic stuff! This kind of digital clutter is mentally draining and physically distracting.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

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It’s always up to the certifying organization to determine whether or not something qualifies and, if so, how many units are awarded for any given activity. Again, always check with the certifying organization to determine what learning activities qualify. In my experience, many organizations follow an “honor system.”

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How to Use Downtime at Work Productively

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In most organizations, there is a natural ebb and flow that occurs. Go through old computer files and archive or delete anything that’s no longer needed. It’s also a good time to review your filing structure. Is there a better way to organize things? Does it still make sense? If so, drag and drop until you’re satisfied!

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Office Design Ideas for a Productive Workspace

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Interior designer Kaitlyn Payne of Basicspace offered these budget-friendly design ideas to enliven and organize your space: Desk organization. Order matching desk organizers and accessories in on-brand colors and provide them to all employees. Ask that all personal items kept on desks fit in these organizers.

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What Does Your Workspace Say About You?

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Organization is as much about others as it is about you. People mentally associate organization with a whole host of other traits, including: Maturity. Organized people aren’t necessarily any more mature, competent, or intelligent than the next guy. That’s not all that matters. Specifically, it’s about how others see you.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

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The one-to-one relationship that existed in the past isn’t necessary or realistic for all executives in all organizations. But for those who have spent a few years in leadership, and have really evaluated the best use of their time and the value they deliver to the organization, it’s a no brainer to delegate these items to an assistant.

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My Time Management Reboot: The Pros and Cons of Electronic Systems and Why I Created a Hybrid

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You see, for the past several years, I’ve been using a variety of tech tools to help organize my life and work—appointments, tasks, projects and more. And anything stored on your hard drive can be retrieved from backup files (I use Carbonite for those who are interested). I like pretty organizers and stickers and notepads.