On The Job

MAY 10, 2011

I've written before about phone interviews , and my friend Scot Herrick over at Cube Rules recently addressed the issue in a helpful post. I think anyone can do well in a phone interview if they're prepared, but what happens when you get an ambush call? To be prepared, here are some tips: 1. You scream, a "dammit!"

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 17, 2021

Today, with everything from file storage to forms being offered electronically, many business startups are abandoning the traditional business card altogether. These days, ordering that many usually means you end up with stacks of business cards collecting dust. Keep the digital version on your phone for easy sharing.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 28, 2016

To do this, check out the following tips: Provide Telecommuters with a Smartphone. As a business owner, you’ll want to check in with your remote workers on a pretty regular basis, either through scheduled phone calls or with email updates. Remote workers can also access work files from any device that has an internet connection.

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Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 22, 2013

I’ve had a couple of people mention the fact that my phone number isn’t so easy to find on my Clerical Advantage website. Because I tend to discourage phone calls. It’s not that I don’t communicate by phone, in fact I do coaching calls, client consultations and more via phone.

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All Things Admin

MARCH 9, 2022

Here are some tips that help me: Turning off all of the rings, dings, and notifications for email, Slack, and messaging on my phone and computer. I keep specific actions on a sticky note for each file to help me get right into the flow of work. I pull up a YouTube station and let it play until my task is finished.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Here are my ten top tips on dealing with confidential electronic documents. If you are in an open plan office, is it easy for colleagues to walk up behind you and see what is on your screen? Always, always lock your screen when you leave your desk and when a colleague comes up to talk to you. b) Encrypt any attached files.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 18, 2019

Establish a filing system. Most of your files are probably going to be digital, but you still need to know where everything you need is stored. Looking for lost files will take up as much of your time as looking for misplaced items. You need to make sure all your files are in its proper place. Learn to delegate.

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Success

JUNE 19, 2022

You make it happen, you’re up for a challenge , you do it your way. If you’re wondering whether you’re ready to outsource, the following tips and examples should be helpful: Deciding what to outsource. While they ultimately hoped to maintain the website themselves, DeNike says, they planned to hire a designer to get it up and running.

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Tips From T. Marie

MAY 4, 2016

Tips from T.Marie is happy to offer the following guest post by Kathy Finsterle. With the new features in Skype for business, you can share your screen with other members of your office, organize video, audio, and chat meetings with up to 250 people at a time, and share different media files easily without having to use email.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 10, 2022

Are there any items that are just taking up space? Zone 1 is the main workspace at your desk – the center of activity that is within arm’s reach of your computer and phone. Start with zone one – everything within arm’s reach of where you sit at your computer/phone throughout the day. Take a look around your workspace.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Digital nomads travel the world, often packing lightly so that they can easily move on to a new city or country and set up a new base there. This Ergonofis height-adjustable wooden laptop stand is foldable and easily transportable, which means it can be packed up and easily transported or popped into a bag. Travel adaptor .

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Success

AUGUST 2, 2021

Our SUCCESS team has put together tips and strategies from experts and readers alike for enhancing your productivity at the office, at home and on the go. Not only a diary, a journal is an all-encompassing log of thoughts, ideas, discussions, phone numbers, tasks, planning, reminders, etc. Leverage technology.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Retrieve Your Files With Ease By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Access , MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you have quite a bit of filing to do? B eing able to retrieve the data is more important than an organized alphabetized file drawer.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In this article I’m going to share with you my top three tips for keeping everything together, so that you can easily access your client information and know exactly where your clients are in your programs. For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. In your main client folder.

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Ian's Messy Desk

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The post 8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk appeared first on Ian's Messy Desk. Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Sort – everything into boxes/containers according to what needs to be done: file , shred , recycle , refer, toss, etc.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

Work With Stephanie « Cause and Effect - Productivity is an Action, Not a Result @QuietSpacing | Main | Organize Your Ideas and Watch Them Unfold » Planner Or Tickler (1-31) File? - Sometimes I wonder if I am duplicating my efforts by using a calendar and the tickler files. What are your thoughts in this area?

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The little things we do in the office each day really do add up, according to a new study from Avery UK. On average, office workers will also be on the ‘phone for a total of two years and three months, making 158,982 calls during their entire career. The post Just how much time is lost to disorganisation?

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009 Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In-person, “Snail&# Mail/Memos Have you ever received an email from someone who just started at the company asking you to do something and you haven’t been introduced? Or have you played the popular “phone tag&# game?

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 30, 2013

Recently I held a laser consulting call with a client, and she basically came on the phone and said to me, “Tracey, I’m surrounded by paper. Here are my top three systems to get you started if you don’t know where to start: System #1: Create Client Files. I personally love brightly colored files as they brighten up my office.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 6, 2010

So what I'd like to share with you today are my top 5 steps to setting up your core office organization systems. CREATE your paper-based filing system. Having an efficient filing system in place will enable you to find the information you need, when you need it! CREATE your PC filing system. ORGANIZE your Inbox.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

These following tips are a great way to minimize clutter and increase effectiveness. Tip #1: Don’t Print Too Much. Tip #2: Manage Your Papers. In order to organize these papers, set up a box where each document type can be placed on your desk. An accordion file is also a great way to organize documents.

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All Things Admin

JANUARY 10, 2022

Are there any items that are just taking up space? Zone 1 is the main workspace at your desk – the center of activity that is within arm’s reach of your computer and phone. Start with zone one – everything within arm’s reach of where you sit at your computer/phone throughout the day. Take a look around your workspace.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

There are several tips for getting the most out of your next performance evaluation & reducing stress. Keep the file on your desktop or easily accessible. If applicable and your manager does not ask these or similar questions you should be comfortable enough to bring them up during your meeting.

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2017

You need a category of stuff to do when you’re not up for doing any of the hard stuff. Do some filing. Get that pile off your desk and into the file drawer. Note: this works best if you have a good filing system, meaning one that isn’t overstuffed and that you can find things quickly in.

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Tips From T. Marie

JUNE 26, 2018

With more of us enjoying job flexibility today, and with the probability of up to 58% of workers expected to be independent contractors by 2027 , if you’re not using your smartphone for more than texting, calls and email you should be. We all know about texting, calling and emailing from our phones, but are you collaborating from it as well?

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Tips From T. Marie

JULY 21, 2016

for those few technophobes that refuse to be dragged into the 21 st century and insist on faxing you, all you need is Nextiva , up to 500 pages a month for just $4.95. Telephone Systems- Pretty much everyone carries a cell phone these days, so why cling to an old-fashioned phone system in the office?

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Tips From T. Marie

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the past 11 years I’ve slowly transitioned from storing files on my computer hard drive to using a combination of removable storage and online file storage. They allowed me to store client files on something I could lock away in a fire-proof safe each night. Things like graphics and image files. How wrong I was. .

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Clutter Coach

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The best way to form a good habit is to set up your environment to make success easy. Question for you: What about all those dang emails you supposedly subscribed to that are clogging up your inbox? My sponsor, Clean Email, has a Smart Unsubscriber function to do that cleaning up for you and keep your inbox tidy. Pretty simple.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Save Time Doing Simple Things that ADD UP to Major Time Savers | Main | 5 Tips for Productivity, Organizing and Changing Your Life » Tips to Go Almost Paperless "Steph, do you have some ideas for how I can go paperless?  Make Sure You Back it Up!   Computer Crashed! . 

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Office Organization Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

In this article I’m going to share with you my top three tips for keeping everything together, so that you can easily access your client information and know exactly where your clients are in your programs. For most business owners there will be a physical client file that you’ll need to create. In your main client folder.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 25, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 8 Tips to Help You Clean Off Your Desk Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 25, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Make an appointment - Don’t just hope you find the time to clean up, set a calendar entry and stick to it. Thanks for visiting!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The Most Productive Lunch - Weigh in Your Thoughts » Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action!   Build up your courage!  Comments Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action!   Build up your courage!  Work With Stephanie « So, How Are Your Resolutions Going?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. This, of course, can be a nightmare, since you could be walking up many flights. Whats next?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

» 6 Tips to Save You Time and Wasted Effort We are really close to wrapping up time management month!  It's a great way to save files and photos on the "cloud." If you don't know about Roboform ( [link] ) you're spending unnecessary time looking up passwords for regularly used websites.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Tips for Office Costumes at Halloween By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 31, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity H appy Halloween everyone! Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? What are you dressing up as?

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Administrative assistants also often work closely with senior-level employees and executives to take care of organisational duties such as answering phones, booking meetings and making travel arrangements on their behalf. Clear communication skills – admin assistants absorb all the communications that executives haven’t time to deal with.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? www.ftrans.net Phillip These tips are all great. Getting Fired Up!

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