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The Great Mismatch: Why Employers And Employees Are No Longer In Sync

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The  Great Mismatch refers to a misalignment in expectations between employees who want more remote work and employers who wish to return to traditional, office-based work practices.  ” Another “Great” has now been added to the growing list that has surfaced over the last few years: the  Great Resignation , the  Great Reshuffle , and so on.

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. I tend to use the term boss when I refer to my employer. My all-time favourite however is colleague. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Monty Python Officeland

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With references like these how can I lose? Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Introducing The Administrative Bloopers Blog

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Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Between Amount vs number And and commas And and commas Part 2 Another Apostrophes with place names As of or As at As per Assume vs. Presume At vs. In Bad vs Badly Between you and.

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Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donates kidney to her.

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Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca Between Amount vs number And and commas And and commas Part 2 Another Apostrophes with place names As of or As at As per Assume vs. Presume At vs. In Bad vs Badly Between you and.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy? As you previously stated, this is a great way to not only meet new people but you can expand your list of contacts to include the new assistant. 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca