Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 4, 2013
Considering this task is not the staple part of our profession I can still imagine your answer to be ‘quite often’. A clear and concise statement about the purpose of the event should be written down so that you can refer back to it during the organisational process. Instead of another form of communication.
Practically Perfect PA
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
In your answer do show that you dealt with the situation yourself (rather than referring it to HR), if you have had a horrendous experience either tone it down or use another example. This question could come in a few different forms but it ultimately relates to you doing something above and beyond your usual duties.
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Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 15, 2008
One of my co-workers told me that I was already using "we" and "us" when referring to my new employer. I keep a meeting scheduling form at my desk. I know exactly where I am at with the meeting planning just by looking at the form. It is my junk drawer with clips and staples and just about anything I might need during the day.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
MAY 24, 2013
You asked many questions so I will answer all of them and also encourage you to read all my old posts and refer to my other site since they all answer your question in one way or another: [link] To create a good relationship with the other assistant and the other secretary is a two part answer. Just be a good person and be you.
Stephanie LH Calahan
MARCH 25, 2011
Collecting business cards or other forms of contact information is only the first step in networking. They are then placed in a reference (Rolodex) file by type of business and not the name. Otherwise I will simply put them into my business card binder to have for future reference. Business Card Binder. Booking Notebook.
Stephanie LH Calahan
MAY 13, 2011
Even if you are not the most technical person on your block, you probably have some form of technology in your life that you love. Evernote allows me to upload, add, bookmark, etc anything that I would like to store as a "note" for future reference. Find here: steph.bz/lkOHaY.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 14, 2024
Whether he would have recognised it as such, Ballard was a pioneer of the principle we now refer to as psychogeography, defined by one of its founders, Guy Debord, as ‘the study of the precise effects of setting, consciously managed or not, acting directly on the mood and behaviour of the individual’.
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