Laughing all the Way to Work

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New job, new culture, new language

Laughing all the Way to Work

You have to learn a whole new way of doing things, from how to log onto the computer to filling out a purchase order form. Starting a new job is more than just changing where you work. There is a new work culture to adapt to and a new language of acronyms to try and sort out.

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Nuts, Bolts & Jolts by Richard A. Moran: BOOK REVIEW

Laughing all the Way to Work

He has another book of office sayings called, "Fear No Yellow Stickies" and both can be purchased at Amazon.com. Either could make your life miserable." Smart man! I enjoyed it a lot and would give it a 5++.

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How Important is it to Keep an Accurate Contact List?

Laughing all the Way to Work

In my example, you can be sure I will not be going to this company if I ever need to purchase a memorial stone as this error has left a bad impression of what might be a perfectly good company who made a bad marketing decision and didn’t have the correct contact information.

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Office Lingo: Learning the language of a new office

Laughing all the Way to Work

I looked it up on the Internet and the closest I came is something called a 401(a) Money Purchase Pension Plan, which is probably what they were referring to. Where I live the 401 is a major highway that I take to get to Toronto. What is a 401? They all knew what they were talking about, but I sure didn't.

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The Virtual Assistant: The Business of Working at Home

Laughing all the Way to Work

Purchasing an ergonomic workstation is also essential as you will spend hours sitting at your desk in front of your computer. If you are not a hardware person you will want to have a contract with an IT company who can assist you when you run into computer problems, especially if you are in the middle of a rush job for a client.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I purchased a small address book in which I can keep the website address along with my user name and/or password for each particular site. Back to the drawing board. Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:34 PM Labels: administrative professional , log ins , password , professional assistant Reactions: 7comments: Anonymoussaid.

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

I know I am dating myself with this ad, but advertising does influence our decisions on what we purchase. I want to know that there will be a person I can speak to if I cant complete the order myself or if I have questions after the purchase. Im a people person The first place I go on a website is the Contact Us link.

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