Administrative Arts
APRIL 12, 2015
For those just starting out in the clerical field, I cannot stress enough working on your keyboarding skills. Here’s a few sites on-line where you can get some keyboarding practice: Peter’s On-line Typing Course – this is the best one, in my opinion. Keyboard Lessons – 10 lessons for keyboarding.
Practically Perfect PA
MARCH 25, 2014
I think it is about time we celebrate our fore-sister’s skills. After all some secretary skills are still worth keeping! We don’t have the typing pool anymore but typing skills are still very much a basic requirement of the assistant role. The post Which secretary skills are worth keeping? But,which ones?
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Laughing all the Way to Work
AUGUST 10, 2010
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 August, 2010 Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys I am on vacation and on my home computer I do not have a mouse so rely on keyboard shortcut keys, which reminded me again how helpful they are and how they are a big timesaver rather than reaching for the mouse all the time.
Allwork
JUNE 27, 2022
Your computer keyboard and mouse are simple haptic interfaces. The interview and selection process is another avenue for immersive integration. The company got quite creative with this process, immersing interviewees in a crypt in ancient Egypt to test their problem-solving skills and crack a hieroglyphic code. .
Success
JANUARY 22, 2023
Reach out to groups that cater to Black engineers, LGBTQ professionals, Hispanic programmers—whatever skill set you might need. Instead the girls quietly filed into a dreary classroom, shucked their puffy coats, and took their seats behind the keyboards. And if you keep up your skill set, you’re always in demand.” It’s flexible.
Laughing all the Way to Work
JULY 12, 2010
© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc. Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard sh. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat.
Office Dynamics
AUGUST 16, 2018
Q: As a business owner and busy executive what top skills can an assistant bring that support you the most? A: You are going to be very surprised by my answers because they are not going to be the typical administrative skills most people would mention. This is not an easy skill as some people’s brains prefer to think details.
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