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Tips For a Memorable Office Gift Exchange

Office Dynamics

Organizing an office gift exchange can be an opportunity to create meaningful memories with your coworkers, or, as a recent article on The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) blog makes clear, a potential minefield of stress and unintentional offense.

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4 Ways to do a Midday Power Up

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4 Ways to do a Midday Power Up It’s 3 o’clock and your sitting at your computer with heavy eyes, slow fingers, and slightly blurred vision. You are ready to curl up under the desk, grab a pillow and take a much needed nap, but wait, you are at work and your boss would not approve of such behavior!

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You may work for someone, but you are your own boss Everyday.

The Office Professionals Place

We know this is true because we see and hear on the news how traffic is backed up and travel times are astronomical. Take charge of your life, own up to your mistakes, learn from them, and grow to be a better person! How can you expect to be a leader over others when you cant lead yourself? ,????~^^.

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College May Not be for Everyone, but Education is

The Office Professionals Place

The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) OfficeArrow American Society of Administrative Professionals These are just to name a few. All you have to do is sign up and you can complete them at your leisure. Get certified. Getting a certification is another way to prove your skills in training.

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What Are You Thankful For?

The Office Professionals Place

The other alternative to the internet is - pick up a book! Shortly thereafter, I received the IAAP Member of Excellence and the CAP certification. Not only are you improving your skills and adding to your resume, you are making yourself more indispensable and an asset to your company or the next one. This was a very busy year for me.

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The Office Professionals Code of Conduct

The Office Professionals Place

In order to be successful office professionals, we have to live up to that code of conduct. Friday, May 21, 2010 The Office Professionals Code of Conduct In every aspect of business, there is a Code of Conduct. The "code" is a list of behaviors that we have to uphold in order to be regarded as highly effective office personnel.

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Sounding the Alarm about Workplace Privacy Issues

Laughing all the Way to Work

I recently attended an IAAP dinner meeting and we had a lawyer speak to us about the proper disposal of confidential documents. Including while running into the store for a few minutes to pick up an item. We need to read our workplace privacy policies and make sure we are following them. [1]

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