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Trello vs. Monday.com: Which platform is best for task management?

BMT Office Administration

Cloud-based project management software has revolutionized how companies manage their workflows, time-tracking, and communications for years now. That is unless you’ve yet to upgrade to a project management app, in which case you’re still stuck with the hassles of managing projects across multiple locations.

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5 Administrative Assistant Skills That Add the Most Value

Admin Awards

Knowing how to use Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel is a given for any administrative assistant’s career. Managers and executives also value assistants who know how to use accounting, payroll and HR applications. Managers appreciate administrative assistants who can think on their feet. Budget perceptiveness.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets.

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No Budget for Training? Do It Yourself

Administrative Arts

Usually, they’re getting bogged down with a few tasks in a particular software – they can’t fix footers in Microsoft Word or rearrange pages in an Adobe.pdf file. I could’ve spent my time upgrading my knowledge of the accounting software (which I use occasionally) or becoming better at Word (which I use every day).

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Frustration Busters!

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you want to insert a fraction in Microsoft Word without going to Insert/Symbol, keep your Alt key depressed whilst keying in the following numbers on your number pad. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ► September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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How to take meeting minutes like a professional

BMT Office Administration

Minute taking, then, is the process of documenting the minutiae of a meeting, not transcribing every single word that’s spoken each minute. The minutes of a meeting serve not only as a written record but also as a legal record. That means your meeting minutes are legal documents that can be referenced during an investigation.