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10 Critical Elements Of A Team That Rocks

Productivity Bits

You might be a cubicle dweller and you might be the only occupant in that 5×5 cube. It’s not good to be a lone wolf in a cubicle farm. Cubicle drive-by is considered intrusive. Well distributed functions guarantee that project tasks are accomplished on time and within budget. Your email will remain private.

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6 Easy Steps to a Better Work-Life Balance

Professional Assistant Blog

Create a budget! Go out with friends, take a hot bath, listen to some music, join a club or take a class. Imagine that the end of the world is near. Picture what you would do in the last moments of your time. Try to do these things in your life starting today. Finances can weigh people down and create problems in relationships.

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The R's Of Employee Motivation

Ian's Messy Desk

From corporate cubicles to the factory floor, the collective skills and efforts of people keep your operation going. You are limited only by your imagination and budget. Smart managers never overlook this fact: loyal, productive employees are one of your biggest assets.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some assistants regularly manage small budgets when planning functions or have bookkeeping responsibilities and work regularly on spreadsheets. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work. Finance: An assistant with a head for numbers may be able to move into finance in an accounting or a tax firm.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

Success

Gerber, 38, now a serial entrepreneur and author of Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter , published in 2018, has become an evangelist for entrepreneurship, particularly for resourceful young go-getters who may not be cut out for life as cubicle dwellers.

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The Art of Problem-Solving: 4 Creative Strategies to Tackle Your Biggest Obstacles

Success

The lion’s share of our sales comes from email marketing , but very few blog readers (1%) subscribe. If we increase our email subscriber rate from 1% to just 2%, we could capture 150 additional leads each month just from our top two blog posts. Your gut says email marketing has huge potential if only you’d double your efforts here.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

So the economy gets bad, the company loses customers, and the budget tightens up. When my full time position ceased to exist (thanks to budget cuts), I was relieved. Before I could open my mouth, the creative director said, “Dean, we have a budget of $9,000. You face a high probability for layoff when work slows.

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