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Executive Assistant Best Job of 2012

Office Dynamics

Here is their article. The Rundown: The "assistant" role within the office environment has evolved drastically with the ever-increasing reliance on technology. The profession's best-compensated usually work for the Postal Service, for computer manufacturing companies, or for the federal executive branch.

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Men Wearing Shorts At The Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

I work in a back office environment, where 99% of our client interaction is via the phone, e-mail or outside of the office, so I can wear jeans and a t-shirt. Without further a due, here is The New York Times featured article entitled, “ Shorts Crack The Code &#. That goes for men and women. No jeans, no shorts, no capris.

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

You can find more filing tips by reading my article entitled " 7 Steps to Improve Your Filing System ". Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips My answer to this is: 1 comments for this post American Folder Company Great Article--As we at American Folder Company understand the challenges that many office environments face each day.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Do they make inappropriate comments in a professional environment? Here are some more articles on dealing with difficult co-workers: Cubicle Ettiquette Former Colleagues - Good or Bad? Do you feel that they are overbearing and don’t know when to keep their opinions to themselves? or “I wish I could quit!

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. From writing that article I had confidence to take a job that required me taking minutes and it has turned out fine. I have written many articles on my blog on subjects that I knew nothing about. How did I do it?

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The Little Engine That Could.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just recently read an article on it and was surprised when I really paid attention to the messages I was sending myself that some of them were negative. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

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Fight or Flight? Dealing with a Difficult Colleague!

Professional Assistant Blog

If all else fails, you might want to start considering what type of work environment you are in. You can also check out an article I wrote on " 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues " I hope that Ive at least shed some light on your situation and hope that things can get resolved one way or another.

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