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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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The first step might be asking your own team what tasks are considered time-sucking for them; that is, tasks that take away from your team’s ability to focus on larger, more specialized projects. For example, the VA is most often in a different time zone than my employee, and my employee is expected to work only during the day.

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Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook

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Home About Me Advertise Clock In The Right Time Zone: Booking Meetings in Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, August 28, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , Travel D o you need to book meetings for your manager(s), but most meetings are all over the country or even internationally?

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5 Smart Ways to Get Work Done While You Travel

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This will help you identify any gaps in your diary that you can use to make vital phone calls, write content, or attend another meeting. When traveling to a different time zone, you will also have to consider late or early phone calls with the office. Utilize your flight time strategically to get enough sleep.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

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Chat by phone or video conferencing, record meetings, and share screens to keep each other up to date, even if you’re continents apart! Time Zone Converter Apps: Time zones can be tricky, especially if you or your executive is working virtually from another state or country. Another cool one is World Time Buddy.

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Who Called? Use A Phone Call Log!

Professional Assistant Blog

Use A Phone Call Log! By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, October 09, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , Organize , Productivity D o you find that when you receive phone calls or voice mail messages, you cant remember who called, what time they called, who they were trying to call, etc? Home About Me Advertise Who Called?

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The Ultimate Executive Assistant Toolbox

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A Wide Network We’re leading with this because so much of what top executive assistants accomplish often comes down to their connections. Every executive assistant should work on building a vast network of contacts and keeping that network “warm.” Your network can be anyone. One tool that is great for this is Pocket.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

Laughing all the Way to Work

.© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 18 October, 2008 Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro This is a guest post from JEM over at [link]. Networking Like a Pro One of the best ways to boost your career and hone your skills as an administrative assistant is to practice networking. . To be able to network, you must have confidence.