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8 Time-Saving Tips

Ian's Messy Desk

You’ll be able to resume your work much faster than from a cold start. Instead of jumping up every time you have work to deliver, stow it in an expandable file with slots organized by department. Find urgent computer files faster by starting file names with numbers. That ensures that they will be at the top of your list of files.

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Redistributing your work-life balancing act?

Loosely Speaking

If your actual work life is taking up less (or none) of your time, you may be spending more time marketing, or sending out resumes and filling out applications. You didn’t have time to keep your closets or kitchen cabinets decluttered and organized before? RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Loose Ends.

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Thoughts On Finding A New Job

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Marlon Ribunal. Volunteer In Related Non-Profit Organizations. Various non-profit organizations offer technical opportunities for those who are willing to volunteer. Opportunities such as these are the perfect real-world training ground, and you can usually reference them in your resume.

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Bad Career Advice: It's Not WHAT You Know, It's WHO You Know

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Why go through the hassle of building a resume? Get out into the world and use your skills.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 May, 2009 Getting your foot in the door. Would you take a job just to get your foot in the door of an organization you really wanted to work for, even if it was a position that you didnt want to make a career out of? She said it wouldnt look good on my resume if I was seen as a job hopper.

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When your boss arranges meetings behind your back.

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 5 April, 2010 When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. Does your boss ever organize a meeting behind your back? That makes it difficult when I am supposed to be organizing his calendar, but since I am responsible to organize his time and in spite of my frustration, I have to make it work.

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April 22nd - Administrative Professionals' Day

Laughing all the Way to Work

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 8 April, 2009 April 22nd - Administrative Professionals Day It often amazes me that a day is set aside for our profession. How often I have organized a conference or arranged a Board meeting and after all the organization and planning it goes off without a hitch. Lets enjoy our day together.©