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How to Nail a Great Internship

On The Job

At Abbott Laboratories , the number of interns worldwide in the past five years has grown from 300 to more than 900. Vildan Stidham , Abbott's divisional vice president of talent acquisition, says the company takes its internship program very seriously: 40% of entry-level hires come from its interns. Be proactive. Do your homework.

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Help Desk

Practically Perfect PA

Below are a few tips on how to make your desk more efficient: Essential stationery. Stapler and staples – Always always get the best stapler your company can afford and use the same brand staples as the stapler. Internal envelops – I go through dozens of these a week. Eraser – for correcting mistakes.

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Thank you for joining our Admin Blog-a-thon, what’s next?

Office Dynamics

IAAP teamed up with Staples to #CelebrateAdmins. How Well Do You Communicate? How To Do More With Less Effort Guest Post by Adam Timm (4/15/2015). Who Is Office Dynamics International? (4/15/2015). All Things Admin shared a chart of all the special happenings and more and started #AdminProud. 4/15/2015).

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So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

Practically Perfect PA

How often do you organise events? Considering this task is not the staple part of our profession I can still imagine your answer to be ‘quite often’. Events can be expensive especially if they are for team building or internal training. How to negotiate when planning an event. Why are you holding an event?

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Looking for Great Deals For Your Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

Do you feel that you could find better buys, not just by going to the different stores such as Staples or Grand & Toy , but online as well? Most Recent Questions How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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Age of Conversation 3: It Is In BookStores and Available On-Line

Make or Break Moments

Age of Conversation 3 captures the distinct shift from social media as a hypothetical consumer loyalty tool, as it was considered only a little more than a year ago, to its current state as a staple in the modern marketing toolbox. This year’s proceeds will be donated to an international children’s charity of our authors’ choosing.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in back-to-back Committee meetings and I decided to use two different colours of folders, a blue one for the Committee members, with an attendance sheet stapled to the inside cover for my purposes, along with their meeting packages, and a red one for the Chair with everything the Chair was going to need. 411 Look Up 411.ca