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Day in the life: Torsten Maerz, PA at Deutsche Bank

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He needs time for emails, preparation, lunch – and I use my initiative to prevent clashes. Also, I read all emails to my boss and assess their importance in order to help him to reply. Emails play an important part during the day. Since my boss travels a lot, I take care of his travel expenses and supplier invoices.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

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Email and diary management. Assistants should manage all of their executive’s emails. They should be able to reply to incoming emails and also send out emails on behalf of their manager. Purchase orders, invoices and expenses. The same applies for board papers and board level reports. Point of contact.

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

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Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. john Said on January 12th, 2010 at 7:07 pm I really don’t know if these tips could be applied every week in real life. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. You want a little more.

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Some training suggestions for assistants

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Another factor is that they simply don’t have the budget for it, especially if they have staff that need expensive professional qualifications and CPD programmes. You can meet with potential suppliers but also attend free training sessions. Not many other professions have that variety of skills. Networking Groups. Business podcasts.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Shop around : Make sure you are getting the best deals from all you suppliers- right down to your electricity, broadband and gas bills. If your business has an inventory make sure you source the best suppliers at the right price, and don’t be afraid to haggle ! You want a little more. You want the whole tree." lower overheads.

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Let Go A Little and Help Your Business

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We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more.

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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

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Don’t rely on positive word-of-mouth alone to be successful, you must be pro-active. Web development as well can be pretty expensive. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates. The first post is basic AIDA.

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