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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

Back in 2013 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland released the Management Assistant 2020 report , which detailed how the role of an Assistant will change by 2020. One of the predictions centred around the idea that Assistants would become information managers in their organisations.

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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

Success

At 29, she was the epitome of the American Dream, having come to the United States from Peru as a child, Morales was a college graduate, a homeowner living in Garfield, New Jersey, who held a sales and development management position at Blinds To Go. In 2017, after years of lawyers, hearings and paperwork, Morales received her green card.

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3 Steps to Finally Tackle Your Tedious Tasks

Success

As a professional organizer who encourages people to find the joy in tidying up their desks, calendars and filing cabinets, I am very familiar with the thinking behind grunt work, as organizing often falls into that category. This article was published in October 2017 and has been updated. In the words of St.

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5 Tips for Using Your Time Wisely

Success

Let me give you some thoughts on time management. Part of the key to time management is just staying in charge. Evaluate the hours in your days, and see if there’s a lot of wasted time that you could manage better. You file the notes, write the thank-you cards, make the phone calls. Run the day or it will run you.

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Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving

Office Dynamics

Basics include: travel planning, appointment coordination, meeting preparation, all facets of communication, organizational skills, and time and project management. If you still use hard file folders, purchase some pretty, fun folders. It is the 41-day file folder system. This blog is part of our 2017 Blog-A-Thon.

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The 43 Folders Method (Paper System)

Office Dynamics

This is a popular system advocated by productivity and time management experts around the world. Keep the daily files in front, beginning with the file for tomorrow’s date. Keep the daily files in front, beginning with the file for tomorrow’s date. Behind the “31” file is the folder for the next month.

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10 Apps for Administrative Productivity and Organization

Office Dynamics

Project Management Apps: Teamwork is, by far, my favorite project management app. Cloud-Based File Storage: Tired of attaching documents to emails and relying on track changes to keep up with multiple people editing the same files? Update, backup, and share files with your executive and team – no flash drives needed!