Job Advice Blog

APRIL 22, 2010

You wouldn’t want a potential employer to think you are pursuing opportunities at the expense of your present employer. Make sure you put this on your calendar so that you don’t forget to follow-up. If you are doing that they will make the assumption that you would do the same thing should you choose to move on from their employ.

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 11, 2010

For self-hosted Wordpress sites, don’t forget to install the Google XML Sitemap for Video plugin. Include social media sharing buttons especially for the more popular ones like Facebook and Twitter. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Andrea Kalli and Pam Ivey, CASPAA.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 13, 2011

I don't have to schedule anything. I use both TweetDeck (on desktop, laptop, and iPad) and MarketMeSuite, as well as Twitter's own interface. But I live and work in less than 200 square feet -- so I don't have the room for a lot of equipment. You won't regret it. I use Carbonite. It's great!

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 12, 2010

Isn’t that cool? Also, work with your calendar when projects come knocking at your door – don’t just say yes. You don’t have to stay up late to work on projects and it isn’t a badge of honor to shortchange your rest. Know yourself and your schedules. You always need to learn.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. Many young executives have never had an assistant before and are so used to not having one, that they don't know how to utilize one. He's found having a PA a great thing now and says he wouldn't be without one again!!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. If you don’t get it, it wasn’t the right job for you or the right time. If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 31, 2009

ALL WORK NO PLAY, ALL PLAY NO WORK When I told my boss I had started a blog and was naming it Laughing All The Way to Work, he didn’t get it and said, "That doesn’t sound very professional Patricia." I hope you enjoy them as much as I did in the telling. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 16, 2010

If you don’t have e-mail folders, create some and sort messages as they are received. Be sure to include call-back windows if you leave a message so you won’t be interrupted while working on an important task. Manage: Try scheduling e-mail checks every two hours to minimize time spent with the e-mail account open.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 29, 2009

He wrote in one sentence that he had " expensive experience" instead of "extensive" and in another wrote "tits" instead of "its." I hope you don't mind, but I added a link to your blog on my page. Humour is a powerful stress reliever if done in good taste, but timing is everything. Did I not bring them home? Where were they?

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

I would imagine that most assistants still sit outside their Executive’s office or pretty close by and I can’t imagine this changing any time soon! Concur for expenses. Outlook mail & calendar, Yammer, OneNote, OneDrive, Google, MSN Weather, Office Lens, Skype for Business. Some of your favourite technology.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

” DON’T JUST CHECK THE BOXES — CREATE THE BOXES. .” ” DON’T JUST CHECK THE BOXES — CREATE THE BOXES. And don’t be afraid to ask for a seat at the table. “There was one Executive who nicknamed me ‘Radar’ — before he knew what he needed, I knew what he needed,” she says.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 20, 2010

Don't worry … you don't have to do this all alone. We have all heard horror stories about companies trapped into ultra-expensive “continual updates&# for their own websites, all because their designer did not use a platform that works for them. Wordpress is objectively beautiful. Of course, it is really not.

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Andrea Kalli

MARCH 11, 2010

Don't worry … you don't have to do this all alone. We have all heard horror stories about companies trapped into ultra-expensive “continual updates&# for their own websites, all because their designer did not use a platform that works for them. Wordpress is objectively beautiful. Of course, it is really not.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

  Just to make sure you don't get overwhelmed reading a long post on overwhelm, here are a few tips to consider: This post is not meant to be a step-by-step guide.  it won't get any better. Don't reach for a post-it, a note-pad, a scratch-pad, a napkin, or a scrap of paper. Share your ideas. 

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Men With Pens

MAY 2, 2010

A coffee mug, a book, some papers, a picture on the wall, your calendar, pens… Just a bunch of normal, everyday stuff. The month on the calendar. We just don’t see it. You can’t wing it. This isn’t about grabbing the first freelancer that catches your eye. What do you see? Look again.

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Admin Awards

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Admins hold a LOT of power — the problem is, they don’t always believe that to be true. Many employees are fearful of sharing concerns with an executive, but they don’t mind telling an Admin. ‘I have this big project, he’s not letting me on his calendar, how can I remedy that?’ BE A TRANSLATOR.

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