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Google’s Myth Of Losing Social Capital In Hybrid Work

Allwork

That policy goes against the desires of many rank-and-file Google employees. Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt supports this notion , saying that it’s “important that these people be at the office” to get the benefit of on-the-job training for junior team members.

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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 18, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity D o you get staff members coming to you for all sorts of questions? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Podcast 114: Organizing systems for growth

Clutter Coach

Filing systems can be fairly eccentric when only a few people need to use them. New people don’t understand the filing system and there are no written guidelines to help them. Work starts piling up because new people need to be trained to do things that previously everyone just seemed to know how to do.

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? You start to feel the same way and wonder when your floor will hit next.

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word By The Professional Assistant on Monday, October 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Word , Productivity D o you know what a macro is? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Do you know how to create them?

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5 Tips for Becoming Valuable in a New Job

On The Job

But before you begin to feel too comfortable in your little cubicle, are you sure you’re doing everything you can to hang on to that job? That means that you listen carefully to instructions – from how to operate the copy machine to filing reports with the boss – and take notes. Grow your skills.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Thinking Outside the Job Description Box By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 20, 2008 Filed Under: Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: The Ultimate Secretarial Survival Blog. Having Trouble Planning A "Non-Religious" Office Party?

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