On The Job

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

While this seems like a fairly harmless question, if you're unemployed, it can have the impact of a freight train. Instead of visiting gossip sites and playing games online all day, figure out what skills you'd like to improve. "So, what do you do?" Well, right now," you respond, "I'm laid off." "Oh." Sound of crickets chirping.)

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. They each had forward-thinking employers who allowed them to have vision and encouraged them to work towards their goal and made room for that new role within their organization.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Get more training. Ask your boss for opportunities to train in other departments, or to attend seminars or classes at a local university. Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Pick up the phone. Don’t gossip at work. Be the dumbest person in the room.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 28, 2009

which specializes in ethics and workplace compliance training, says that showing you’re dedicated by “volunteering” your time is a mistake. “A Or, they refuse to go to sexual harassment training because they disagree with what’s said about sexual orientation.” Social networking. Just some friendly advice from The Resume Chick.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. You’re You’re there to do a job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

It’s best not to gossip or form secret alliances. Also respect that they are also busy and may not be able to hold your hand past the initial training period. They also want to make a quick phone call and if they were to use my phone I can’t grab other lines if they were to ring. Just be a good person and be you.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

I am sure after that call her husband got off the phone and kicked the dog or was cranky with a sales clerk at the grocery store. It ended up that the phone lines were down because of a thunderstorm in town and he had been trying to reach her since early that afternoon. What happened? Crankiness and bad moods can be passed on.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

I can tell you my friends and colleagues got a lot of phone calls in those early days and it was a wonderful resource and help to me. The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. This is where a strong assistant team is nice to have. (for 411 Look Up 411.ca

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