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How the Holiday Season Can Help Your Career

On The Job

The holiday season is beginning to ramp up, and your thoughts may be consumed by Black Friday deals or how to make your nana's pecan pie. For example, while you're reaching out to family and friends this holiday season, why not also reach out to new connections in your company or your industry?

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5 Holiday Gift Ideas for Co-Workers

On The Job

This Yeti bag may be just the thing for that co-worker who traverses the wilds of the Amazon or just needs somewhere to keep all his or her stuff while attending a conference on wombats. How about this Clue version of The Office: 3. Whether it's for work or pleasure, people often need something to keep all their stuff secure -- and dry.

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Organising business travel is changing… Are you?

Practically Perfect PA

So, according to recent studies, the amount organizations spend on business travel is increasing year on year. This means that the amount of time assistants spends organising business travel is only going to grow. Organising business travel is changing… Are you? Bleisure Travel. Embracing Technology.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

When you’re one half of a couple, frequent business travel can take its toll on your relationship. However, for some business travellers (and even their partners) there is a middle ground. Bleisure’ travel – as it has been dubbed by some in the travel industry – is the mixing of business trips with leisure experiences.

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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

Use a cultural calendar to avoid setting meetings on holidays. When we entered the virtual conference room it gave us the chance to eliminate distractions and meet in one virtual room, without the hassle and expense of traveling to a central location. . Be cognizant of the time zones.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Here are a few ways to ‘deck the halls’ and have a worry free holiday. Use your days off during the holidays to relax.

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Assistants as information managers

Practically Perfect PA

In fact, I am going to dedicate a whole session at next year’s Future Assistant conference to this very topic. These include, managing the internal filing system, administrative tasks such as holiday requests, travel management, sick leave etc. So what do we mean by Assistants as information managers?