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What To Do (And What Not To Do) At Your Office Holiday Party

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It’s the holidays, right? But what you might not be thinking about is that your behavior at your office holiday events might directly impact your career headed into 2024. How to behave at the company holiday party You aren’t at your bestie’s bachelorette party. Nor are you presenting in the boardroom. Now’s your chance.

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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

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Mailing holiday cards is a popular tradition. At minimum, there’s the business of purchasing, signing, addressing and mailing our greetings before the holidays arrive. Letting the tradition go: How to stop sending Christmas cards For different reasons, some of us are opting out of the holiday card tradition.

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A Telephone Etiquette Test

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap A Telephone Etiquette Test Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Ian’s Messy Desk Helping you get the most out of the 24 hours in your day. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail. Thanks for visiting!

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A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise A Great Outlook: Adding Holidays to Microsoft Outlook By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize D o you often wonder how you can add your countrys holidays into your calendar in Microsoft Outlook ? In the Calendar Options section, click Add Holidays.

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Why it Pays to Be More Popular at Work

On The Job

At last year’s holiday gathering, the office manager mistakenly thought you were the Federal Express driver and handed you two packages instead of a glass of wine. When was the last time you had a conversation with someone who wasn’t tapping away on a smartphone, glancing at email or appearing distracted? Think about: Listening better.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. I am copied on highly confidential information and I read emails that seem to be written in a new language – sales speak. Thank you so much for your email!

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Other times we will be talking and I notice his eyes moving to his BlackBerry and I will see he is no longer paying attention to me, but reading emails instead. Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. 411 Look Up 411.ca