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Administrative Assistants and Ongoing Status Updates

Office Dynamics

There is constant change, new projects and ideas, rework, barriers, coordinating multiple people and meetings, travel, and more. Tips for Executives: Remain approachable and accessible to your assistant throughout the day, whether by phone, email or in-person; do not go long stretches without making a point for a quick, informal check-in.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. Even knowing what someone’s office looks like, how tidy they keep their desk and what pictures fill the walls of their cubicle, can provide a level of comfort. Working with a virtual assistant does have a learning curve.

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Got A Large Print Job From Your Boss? Not Sure What To Do?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 15, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity Y our boss comes to your cubicle and asks you to make 10 copies of 5 different sets of publications. She also mentions that she needs it completed urgently, since she had to schedule a meeting with some clients right away.

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Guest Post: Tips & Tricks for Using Skype for Business

Tips From T. Marie

She wears many hats, including fashionista, food critic, world traveler, ESL instructor, web marketer and more. Her goal is to inspire and promote learning, one helpful guest post at a time. If they have a phone or a computer, then they can connect with you via Skype for business although you may have to do some explaining.

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Free ACT! (CRM) Video Tutorials

Professional Assistant Blog

Believe it or not, this was quite an easy system to learn. Just click on any of the links below to take a look at the particular task you would like to learn about. In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it.

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Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you work in a large company ? You have access to more resources, such as better technology and online learning (which is usually provided by the company).

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Cultural Differences in Jobs Around The World

Professional Assistant Blog

What do they learn the hard way? What do people struggle with, or what have they had to learn the hard way? My biggest was learning a new language again, since Ive lived in Switzerland as well. What trips people up? What puzzles people? Are these social things, business things, language things. What are they puzzling over?

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