Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 24, 2013

Engaging your customers does not have to hurt the environment. More businesses are jumping on the green bandwagon, and you can increase the eco-friendliness of your office and promote that lifestyle to customers too. Bamboo can grow up to four feet a day in optimal conditions, without the usage of pesticides or artificial fertilizers.

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Eco-Office Gals

JANUARY 9, 2013

But when it comes to certain standards and practices in your day-to-day operations, you might be somewhat stumped as to how to go about making changes that will live up to your commitment to protect the environment. Post from: Eco-Office Gals Eco-Friendly Payroll Options for Your Business.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

And, since Seamless saves clients up to 30% on food related costs, making administrative professions the office hero, really impacting their company’s bottom line! It’s a vital tool adding to a company work environment by boosting engagement and productivity significantly and can help keep employees happy.

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Small Business CEO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Effective networking is an essential to furthering your career as well as being vital to the success of your business. However, a surprising number of professionals find it difficult to strike up conversation with people they don’t know, and many people admit that they would rather just get on with the job. Fake it till you make it.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

I don’t know how that stacks up against active users, but I suspect the ratio is high. Share Information – Instead of filling up everybody’s e-mail inbox with all the bits of information you feel it is important to share, store that information in Evernote. What is Evernote?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Keeping your desk and files clutter–free in a paper–filled environment isn’t easy, but a little planning and a little technology can help. That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. Related articles.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

Keeping your desk and files clutter–free in a paper–filled environment isn’t easy, but a little planning and a little technology can help. That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. Related articles.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

How could your skills fit into that environment? Carry your things in a professional tote or briefcase, and keep your coat hung up or neatly folded over your arm. Eat or drink away from the recruiter tables – keep at least one hand free to shake hands and accept business cards. What does the company do?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

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. However, for business casual and business dress environments, Im still a purist. I find it quite odd that men would wear "business" shorts.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

A large number of people that wake up in the morning need their coffee to jump start their mornings and help them throughout the day. By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you feel like you need a coffee fix every day? Can you really survive your morning without that cup of Joe?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

There are times when people come up to me and expect things to be done right away. Theres just 8 hours in a work day (give or take, depending your work environment) and you can only do so much. Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday? Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Have every group member place their business card into a bowl or container. Then, everyone draws a card other than their own. When generating or responding to ideas, participants assume the persona of the person on their card and respond from their (assumed) point of view. Blow up balloons, and tie them.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

It happens each and every year, even if you end up getting the flu shot. If youre feeling well enough to be able to work from home (telecommuting), an alternative would be to ask your IT department to set you up with VPN (virtual private network) access. It all depends on how your IT department sets you up.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It’s considered a more family friendly environment. Leadership potential is quite different, since you can move up within the company quite quickly, as opposed to a smaller firm, where it might be family run. You don’t want to end up looking for another job. You get to have more one-on-one contact with your clients.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

They either block off time that they shouldn’t have or they block it off so that it either shows that they’re busy, but really out of the office or vice versa. Then you end up going back and forth to try to figure out what works for everyone. Imagine if you had a large number of people doing this.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Then, all files are set up in an excel file with columns for File #, property address, closing date, owner (whatever data important) - then sorts are run and printed so files can be referenced and found by whatever criteria you need.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

First of all Ive worked for an organization as an admin asst for years and during this time I have seen many co-workers leave and have had to put up with a lot. Did you take it up each level all the way to the top? If all else fails, you might want to start considering what type of work environment you are in.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 18, 2008

Ask for business cards and have a stack of business cards for yourself at hand as well. What separates a good networker from an average one is the ability to follow up. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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On The Job

MAY 7, 2009

But it got me to thinking that no matter how many "rules" I provide about networking and resumes and other stuff, there are always those tricky little things that can trip you up if no one tells you. Sit up straight. Always sit up straight with your feet on the floor. Did you pick up some company brochures on your way out?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room. Its up to the individual to analyze this culture in addition to the individual relationships around them. The constant noise from that drives me up a wall. In the mean time Im going to discretely tape up a copy of your etiquette rules somewhere public.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

I think Tasks is one of Outlooks best-kept secrets, but it shouldnt be and is a great way to follow up on items. If I send an email to a co-worker requesting information, I immediately drag it from my Sent items to my Tasks, set a reminder to follow up and write in the Subject line "Did I get this information". " Warning!

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. We want you to learn, to better your business, to succeed. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. There’s a new free post that goes up every day.”

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