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Dana’s Administrative Professional Advice – Ask an Admin

Office Dynamics

From Ernan: When we created Ask an Admin we had hopes that we’d get questions from administrative professionals having trouble finding answers to their problems. We also hoped that we’d get answers from administrative assistants and executive assistants that wanted to help.

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How to Share Your Procedures With Your Team

All Things Admin

Make improving and updating your procedures an agenda item at every staff meeting. EXPLORE THE RESOURCES © 2024 Julie Perrine International, LLC HOW TO USE THIS ARTICLE IN YOUR NEWSLETTER OR WEBSITE Want to use this article in your newsletter, ezine or website? Regularly revisit and review your procedures manual with your team.

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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Every office needs different systems to run smoothly, but most administrative professionals will require most or all of the systems in this core group: Time and task management. Determine the agenda and who is presenting. Create the meeting agenda for the department head’s approval. Meeting Agenda. Meeting Agenda.

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How to Track Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to Maintain Professional Certifications

Eat Your Career

For example, PACE is a certification for administrative professionals provided by ASAP. I can even earn them for books I read and articles I write. In addition to a tracking tool, you may also want to create a file on your internal or external hard drive (or cloud storage system) for professional development.

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Leveraging Procedures for Effective Training and Onboarding

All Things Admin

Onboarding Agenda: A Blueprint for Success Having a well-planned and structured approach to onboarding new team members helps you ensure the important details are being covered, the right people are involved, and the new hire has a more organized and supportive start in their new role.

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Skills required to be a good minute taker

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Ensure you turn up to the meeting having read the agenda, any background papers, the minutes of the previous meeting and with all the tools you need to take the minutes whether that be pen, highlighter, paper, recording device, laptop or iPad. This post will help you work with the chairman to make this task easier. Organisation.

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Administrative/Clerical: What is Your Biggest Office Productivity Killer?

Office Dynamics

Office productivity is important for administrative professionals, as your boss often reviews you based on how much work you get done. The biggest office productivity killer varies from one administrative professional to the next , but these are some of the top offenders.