Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Do you want to walk over to their cubicle while their talking loudly on the phone and give them a piece of your mind? One of my readers asks: Ive been reading your blog for the past few months and really appreciate all the information and tips you provide! This happens to the best of us all of the time. If so, please leave a comment.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? Here are 9 great tips on making you a better blogger: Credentials are a must. Do you feel like you want to voice your opinion about other topics?

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JULY 7, 2010

You can also find more Microsoft Excel tips and tricks here. Give it a try yourself and see how quick it can be to manipulate information from vertical to horizontal and vice versa. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post soruba Nice blog. Now you have a larger area to work with. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JUNE 8, 2010

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 1 comments for this post Katie Cohen-Hausman It is GREAT to see you post again! Pass this along to other colleagues, so that they can share the wealth of this knowledge as well. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today.

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

You can change this by having inspirational items around your cubicle (you can also read more on decorating your cubicle here ). Stick it to the wall of your cubicle, but make sure that its sitting right in front of you. You drudge into the office and plop yourself at your computer. You check your e-mails , you do your filing.

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JULY 16, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post deals nice site about deals thank you Posted on 30 October, 2009 5:56 PM Anonymous Thank you! Whats next? Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 17, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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JULY 14, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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JULY 10, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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JULY 24, 2008

Then I have my faxes set up as green. Tip: Make sure not to use too many colors, since you might forget to distinguish the important from the less important. For example, I receive an e-mail from my direct supervisor. This will show up in red, since I know I have to get to this one first, before I can even touch any other one.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 5comments for this post Patricia Robb Thanks Richard. Work From Home India Posted on 19 March, 2010 10:01 PM Justine I really like this tip and used it twice today. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. I'm going to try this.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc. Do you feel that you could find better buys, not just by going to the different stores such as Staples or Grand & Toy , but online as well? Since I work for a large corporation, this is my case as well.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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OCTOBER 23, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Here are some tips to consider: Even if you dont know the answer to their question, tell them that you will get back to them via e-mail, phone, etc. For more great tips on customer service, check out my post entitled 7 Ways to Great Customer Service. Then those friends would tell those friends, and so on and so forth.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

I have been updating my firms website stats for quite some time now and wanted to share some tips on getting the information correct - the first time. Another tip that I would like to add is to make sure to exclude any IP addresses or pages that spiders or other crawlers might hit your site with. Do you have software in place for it?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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MARCH 26, 2008

To combat these problems, here are some tips you can follow: Boredom: Ask your manager or fellow colleagues to see if they need help with anything. It always leads to negative productivity and sometimes people even get involved on a personal level. People generally gossip at work due to boredom, insecurity, wanting to belong.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Do you need some helpful tips on how to get that dream job that you always wanted? Here are 3 simple search tips that you can follow to get you through the rough patches: If you feel stuck, as for help! Here are some more articles on job seeking tips. I actually had a short period in my career when I was unemployed.

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AUGUST 29, 2008

If you want to take your tasks to the next level, follow these tips: Make sure that you have your list in front of you and try to figure out how many tasks you can accomplish for that day. Try to use these tips in your everyday life and see how much better and easier things will get done. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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DECEMBER 31, 2007

Here are some tips on getting your team members to lower their voices: Ask the group of people to quiet down, move their conversation to a meeting room or even take the conversation outside. I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. Its nice to socialize at times, but we are here to work.

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OCTOBER 20, 2008

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post matt lorenzen Awesome post! If you have any questions/comment feel free to email me at matt[a]kallout.com. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! Thanks Richard.

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips Update: Please make sure to delete the current holidays that you have in your Outlook. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, T ake care - of your clutter! You can do this by clicking View, Arrange By, Current View, Events.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2008

I always find myself sending pretty much the same emails. Thanks for the great tips! Post from: Administrative Assistant 2comments for this post Jenna Thats actually really helpful! I figured there must be an efficient way to do that. Posted on 15 February, 2008 4:22 PM The Professional Assistant Hi Jenna, Thanks for the comment.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post soruba Very informative. Can anyone else think of any other ideas that you could add to this? Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Until next time, Take care - of your clutter! How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 1 comments for this post The Professional Assistant Hi Everyone, I just read a post on AdministrativeArts.com that tells you about CutePDF Writer, which enables you to create PDFs for free as well. Whats next? Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today.

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APRIL 24, 2008

Post from: Assistant Tips 1 comments for this post Mr.galle Hello, this brog is nice!! I already link to this page. If you dont mind.

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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APRIL 1, 2008

Post from: Assistant Tips 4comments for this post Jodith One thing I find helpful when having multiple people performing file updates is to keep track changes turned on. Thanks for the tip, Richard Posted on 1 April, 2008 12:33 PM Anonymous Google docs is the best way Ive found to do this. Thanks for the tip! Leave a comment!

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JANUARY 22, 2008

The default colours would be: Tentative: Blue with white diagonal stripes through it Busy: Blue Out of Office: Purple Keeping these tips in mind will create a more productive environment for you and your staff members. If you like this post, please subscribe to my feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you.

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