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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, September 9, 2010 Should You Feel Sorry for Your Boss? I got a lot of feedback after I did the story on alcoholism in the workplace. September 10, 2010 2:26 PM Anita said.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 31, 2013

The costs associated with assessing candidates, onboarding, and training a new employee have a noteworthy bottom line impact, which is why it’s so crucial to hire the right person – the first time. The benefits are simple: No more subjective, time-consuming resume scanning. A lot is at stake when small businesses make new hires.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. Alternatively, you can list yourself with other online placement sites as well. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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MARCH 29, 2009

Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Job satisfaction is important. They are interested, now what? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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MAY 10, 2009

Many times the administrative assistant position is a good way into an organization and what a great training ground to know an organizations inner workings than in this profession. I think many university students are seeing the value in having this kind of training. Will Google ever stop amazing me? moments Public speaking.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thank goodness for Google , I use it all the time to get answers. This time I came up with a site called Karens Linguistics Issues. It gives the proper spelling for British, Canadian and American words and is very user friendly. (for If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back. Once you log on click on the tab Productivity and you will see on the right Templates. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

So I did what I normally do when I want an answer -- I Googled it! When I looked on Google different companies were calling it different things, but PowerPoint Remote or Presentation Remote does help. Here we were, professional assistants talking about the thingy for the PowerPoint. And guess what? Thanks Patty. 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 14, 2008

I previously wrote an article on Charities in the Workplace and have seen an increase in the participation in charities at offices I have worked in. One office I worked in together sponsored a child as a workplace charity project. We all participated by writing to our sponsored child and contributed money towards supporting her.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

Will Google ever stop amazing me? The importance of having someone to talk to Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on. ► June (3) ▼ May (7) Go with your gut feeling! Word and Outlook 2007 tips Grrr! moments Public speaking. Introducing Goo. Getting your foot in the door. When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap. In my current role I cant take someones blood pressure and in my previous role, often times they wanted to be a Lotus Notes developer. Good point Sabrina.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

If you keep telling yourself you cant do it, then of course you wont be able to, but if you say I dont know if I can, but I am going to try anyway, or I know I can do that because it was what I was trained for and then go ahead and do it, it will open all kinds of doors for you. (Or This is the time you need a lot of positive self talk.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 6, 2009

One of the biggest issues surrounding substance abuse in the workplace are the lies required to keep up the front that everything is ok. link] Posted by Patricia Robb at 7:49 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , alcohol , professional assistant , workplace Reactions: 1 comments: Foley-In-Charge said. This is one way to snag folks.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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MARCH 20, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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APRIL 22, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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JANUARY 23, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

Will Google ever stop amazing me? The importance of having someone to talk to Psst! I'm in a bad mood, pass it on. ► June (3) ▼ May (7) Go with your gut feeling! Word and Outlook 2007 tips Grrr! moments Public speaking. Introducing Goo. Getting your foot in the door. When taking initiative isn't the best thing.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

The art of saying thank you can sometimes get lost in our busyness, but here are some examples of times it would be nice to send a card from work: To thank presenters who speak at your workplace. To thank an employee for showing initiative and going the extra mile. To thank your boss for being supportive during a trying time. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!" . ► June (3) ► May (7) ► April (4) ► March (5) ► February (7) ▼ January (8) Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dicti. Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles. " Is it that time of the year already?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. Provide a contact number. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 8, 2009

If so, what would you recommend in terms of training (university not included/possible). It is great training for the office environment, no matter what field you end up in. Hello - I have a question for you.Would you advise getting into the Administrative Assistant profession to the younger generation in this day and age?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 1, 2009

Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!" . ► June (3) ► May (7) ► April (4) ► March (5) ► February (7) ▼ January (8) Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dicti. Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles. " Is it that time of the year already?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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JULY 12, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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JULY 9, 2010

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AUGUST 22, 2009

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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JULY 1, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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JUNE 4, 2010

If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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