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

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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 office manager?

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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. Ready for your next career step?

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Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel

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Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 26, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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How can assistants stay on top of the scene?

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I spent a lot of time researching great venues, restaurants, hotels and suppliers and I really enjoyed it. I really like the Afar website and email updates for overall travel news and ideas for any trips colleagues or clients may want my advise on. The Stylist website travel section is full of great travel, hotel and restaurant tips.

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

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Speaking with confidence on the phone and forwarding calls. Arranging catering and dealing with external suppliers. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . Establishing and maintaining filing systems. Looking happy and cheerful at all times (even if you are not). Learning to multi-task.

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Serviced Apartments – pros and cons

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In addition I met with a number of serviced apartment suppliers and from the outset it was clear that the apartments were considerably cheaper than the best corporate rate I was offered at a hotel. Filed under: Accomodation. Using this tactic reduced the department’s spend by over 40%.

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Planned European Webserver Outage

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk « Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel Is Your Small Business Worth Shouting About? » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 9:58 am and is filed under WinWeb. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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