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The Evolving Admin: What’s Next for Administrative Professionals?

Eat Your Career

Faxing was still an acceptable mode of communication. Back then, Administrative Professionals Day was not on my radar at all. More than ever before, I believe that Administrative Professionals are being recognized for the tremendous contributions they make in the business world. As an attendee, you will learn….

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Administrative/Clerical: Staying Healthy Around Sick Coworkers

Office Dynamics

Administrative professionals have a lot of personal contact with their coworkers, which can be a good thing or a bad thing. Many administrative professionals share computer equipment, telephones, and office machines with other people. The more time you spend with sick coworkers, the higher your chances of getting sick.

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Executives and Assistants are Struggling Today

Office Dynamics

Between email, virtual Assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, executives mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever – making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. This is a question I have been asked for years.

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Make Your Administrative Assistant Your Greatest Asset

Office Dynamics

Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. Following are the top 4 ways to foster growth.

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Make Your Administrative Assistant Your Greatest Asset

Office Dynamics

Between e-mail, virtual assistants, palm pilots, high speed Internet connections and a host of other technological marvels, they mistakenly believe they are more independent than ever—making their own travel plans, faxing their own letters and scheduling their own meetings. Following are the top 4 ways to foster growth.

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How to handle mistakes?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I remember once an assistant from a law firm sent a fax to my boss by mistake and it had the legal advice they were giving their client, which my boss wasn't supposed to see, so she immediately called and asked me to trash it and that she would send the correct fax. How we handled it turned it into a positive working relationship.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

When the printer/scanner/fax breaks down I am ultimately the person who troubleshoots and fixes the machine in question. The global tribe of administrative professionals is largely female at 98%. One consistent ad hoc duty for me throughout my career has been ‘maintenance woman’. The role has changed and so must we.