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Your Roadmap to Effective Office Systems

All Things Admin

Determine preferred meeting date, time, and location based on available options for all participants. Determine what types of audio-visual equipment you need. Send out the meeting invitation to all participants. Determine catering needs for the meeting. Order food for the meeting. Meeting Agenda.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative Assistants have a list of things they specialize in including business writing, proofreading, minute taking, meeting planning, travel agent, desktop publishing, editing, public relations and client liaison to name a few.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

There were charges for audio visual equipment that we never ordered. There is value in getting to know people, even if it is just over email or the phone. When I reviewed the invoice I noticed there was a guest on our bill who wasnt in our party so that amount got taken off. It could save your company some money.

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New Hire Overload

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was taken on a tour of the premises and they pointed out the office equipment I would need to use and introduced me to everyone we met. Quotations Marks Rules for numbers Saying thank you in an email Seasons greetings or Seasons greetings? This particular law firm had approximately 150 people in the office.

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Are you worried about job security?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Get knowledgeable on how to work the various office equipment. Dates (Writing out dates) Diagnosis or Diagnoses Dictionaries Due to Electronic dictionaries Email Salutations Exclamation marks versus question marks Expressing Currencies Expressing Time Fewer vs. Less Further vs Farther Grammar or Style Hope: the Word?? Be a team player.

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

Laughing all the Way to Work

I felt if we were prepared and equipped to do our jobs, it could seem like we were laughing all the way to work.but I also like to have fun at work too. The woman who sat next to me told me I should have left the message, “Hi, call me back.&# * At another office I needed IT assistance so sent an email requesting help.