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MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Dos and Donts of Office Romance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 20, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you ever had an office romance with someone? The disadvantages: Gossip will start around the rumour mill quite quickly and have to try to keep it to yourselves.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Do you follow particular religious holidays, but arent showing up in your calendar? In this case, I dont have to worry about taking extra days off, since I dont really follow the religious holidays that I was brought up with, which in turn, are part of the regular holidays that come up each year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Avoid people that gossip, you will only get yourself deeper into negativity. Expand your mind.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 I originally wrote a post on this entitled " Travel Plans " explaining that you can use Travelocity and Expedia to find the best deals.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Do you have trouble using the text box feature to place anchored text where you prefer, so that it shows up in a particular area of the page? I’ve searched Google and they say to use the drawing tool. Clicking Tools, Letters and Mailings, Envelopes and Labels. I can’t seem to find that either!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Do they end up talking loud on the phone while you are trying to do some work? Are you being bombarded with people walking up to your cubicle and dont have the decency to see that you are busy? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

You actually end up thinking that you are working harder, yet you are reducing your productivity by about 30%. Thats quite a bit of work that you could be catching up on throughout your day, each and every day. Then I would open up the applications associated with the next task. Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 You think to yourself, "What?!? Is this person crazy?!?" Has this ever happened to you?

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

Having a timer at your desk can be a great tool. Set up the preferences for yourself for one hour and click start. Set up the preferences for yourself for one hour and click start. When the hour has passed, a pop up window will show telling you that your time is up. To avoid this, try using an online timer instead.

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OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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FEBRUARY 21, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, February 21, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity Y ou’re walking around the office and someone comes up to you, asking for a pen. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Home About Me Advertise Do You Have a Pen?

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JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Now put yourself in that persons shoes.

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JULY 14, 2009

They forget to do their own flight check-in and dont have time, so they call you up and ask you to do it. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip. You scratch your head and wonder how this can be done.

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JULY 24, 2008

When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. This will show up in red, since I know I have to get to this one first, before I can even touch any other one. Then I have my faxes set up as green. Now you have a new prioritization system set up.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

You can find instructions to setting up this software here and the software download page here. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

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MARCH 10, 2008

In my weekly recap last Friday I pointed out a Lifehack.org article arguing that the current climate for hyper-productivity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Then yesterday I came across a similar post , claiming that the pursuit of productivity has ended up out of control. Whatever happened to just getting on with it?

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JANUARY 28, 2008

Do you have a big project coming up and want to show your boss that you can handle this type of task ? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Recently, someone asked me how this is done. It’s actually quite simple.

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JANUARY 23, 2008

Do you already have a table set up in Microsoft Word, but dont want to copy to Microsoft Excel and back again, just to sort it? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 One of my colleagues came to me and asked about this very question.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This has become a great tool for me, since I have to make reservations on a regular basis for my managers. So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

You can post up to 80 different job sites, such as Workopolis , Monster , CareerBuilder and many more, just with one submission. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Do you worry about your current employer finding out that you are looking for a new job?

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Common Courtesy in the Workplace By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 10, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you always end up cleaning up after your colleagues? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 05, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity , System Security D o you back up your e-mails in Microsoft Outlook ? There are two ways of backing up your e-mails. Are you familiar with this?

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

Click on Tools, Macro, Record New Macro… Type in the name of the macro and a description for it, so that others know what this is used for. Click on either the toolbar icon that you created, the keyboard shortcut or click Tools, Macro, and Macros…, then click run. All the deleted text should now show up automatically.

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

Does your boss come up to you and ask you to find information on an e-mail that youve received and needs it yesterday? If it isnt, click on it and a new toolbar will pop up. A new window will pop up with results that will populate as the system retrieves this information. Then click on Options, Advanced Find.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

You can sign up and use any or as many services as you wish. This is a networking tool that Ive been using for quite some time now. Keep up the good posting! Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Great to hear that I am still helping people out.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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AUGUST 26, 2007

The mail merge wizard is the simplest tool to use to get your letters or e-mails out to your clients. Click on Tools, Letters and Mailings, and finally Mail Merge Wizard. Here, click on “Edit individual letters&# , then click “All&# and a new window will pop up. And don’t forget to save your work!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2007

A large number of people that wake up in the morning need their coffee to jump start their mornings and help them throughout the day. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Can you really survive your morning without that cup of Joe? If this sounds like you, youre not alone.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 08, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you wake up in the morning and think to yourself, "What do I have to do today? Rushing through your work will only create mistakes and you will end up doing the same task twice. This will help you get to your goal faster.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

There are times when people come up to me and expect things to be done right away. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday? Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it. I am sure that this will beef up your productivity with the system. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Whats next?

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

to be obtained from outside sources, other than the specified and approved vendors that have been set up. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc.

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JANUARY 11, 2008

Are you worried that you might put things up that are not appropriate for the office? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 11, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity D o you want to decorate your cubicle/office?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If they try to call you, they can be fined up to $15,000.00. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010 Keep in mind that it telemarketers have 31 days to take you off of their list and you have to re-register your numbers every three years, but it’s worth the small effort.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

If you are more of a person who likes to use Outlook for reminders to pop up a few minutes, hours or days before the task needs to be completed or you need to attend a meeting, here are some tips on how to go about it: Write up the task in your Outlook, but make sure to give yourself enough time to be able to complete the task.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room.

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