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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

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 saw the importance of this training to help her daughter know the workings of an office from the bottom up and the office benefitted from her educational training.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. We really dont have an excuse because it is becoming increasingly easy to take courses online. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses. Happy New Year to you as well.

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Are you prepared?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. I organize my desk so everything is within easy reach and makes sense to the way I like to work. I too, love to be organized and it only makes sense to be prepared.

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That's not my job!

Laughing all the Way to Work

If a conference comes up and they are looking for someone to do the registration, we can step in and do that or we can organize it from start to finish. There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap.

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Keep your Inbox running on empty

Laughing all the Way to Work

I find the best way for me to keep my Inbox organized is to immediately deal with the e-mail when it arrives. Of course what works for me will probably not apply to you so you need to set up folders that apply to your working situation, but the fewer the better. Here are five buts you can do without: But I dont have time!

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Kings and Queens of the Office

Laughing all the Way to Work

Of course we know that people like this are not the Queen and their self-importance is only from themselves, but they can sure make your life miserable while you are in their kingdom. The head of your organization can often set the tone for how the rest of the office functions. How can you survive in this kind of a working environment?

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Years ago, when I worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), I took a training course on a Telex machine. Again, when I worked at the RCMP, I went on a training course for a machine to do criminal record checks. Of course I had to tell everyone at the office. * Needless to say -- it worked!