Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

You hear something while walking down the hall or are copied on an email and know something about the purpose of a meeting coming up. Many times I am so thankful I had that quick chat or read that email that I was copied on as that was the exact information I needed when they were away. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

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APRIL 5, 2010

If you have to reschedule, send an email apologizing, but advise that your bosss schedule has changed. Depending on the importance of the impromptu meeting, it may need to be changed to another timeslot to accommodate his or her calendar. Usually when I point out the conflict to my boss, he is more than willing to make the change.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 16, 2010

They are responsible for canvassing the participants for dates and determining the date everyone is available and coummunicating that information to the participants by sending out a meeting request to everyone or emailing the date (depending on how you or your organization prefers to send notices of meetings). 23, 1 p.m. (for

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

There comes a time when companies need to pony up the money and either pay for your training or pay for a professional instead of heaving everything off on the admin because theyre cheap. In my current role I cant take someones blood pressure and in my previous role, often times they wanted to be a Lotus Notes developer. Good point Sabrina.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 1, 2009

I have also combined all the tutorials, training and other education-related links under the title Training. Under My Favourites, I have added a Meeting section with some useful sites and combined many of my travel related links under one title simply called Travel.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

If you keep telling yourself you cant do it, then of course you wont be able to, but if you say I dont know if I can, but I am going to try anyway, or I know I can do that because it was what I was trained for and then go ahead and do it, it will open all kinds of doors for you. (Or This is the time you need a lot of positive self talk.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 31, 2009

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APRIL 22, 2009

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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JANUARY 23, 2010

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 9, 2010

I breathe a sigh of relief when I get someones assistant on the phone or receive an email from them. It is important to build relationships with those we work with, but what about assistants we dont work with?

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APRIL 8, 2009

If so, what would you recommend in terms of training (university not included/possible). It is great training for the office environment, no matter what field you end up in. Hello - I have a question for you.Would you advise getting into the Administrative Assistant profession to the younger generation in this day and age?

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JANUARY 31, 2009

Training On-line 10 Things = Frustration "Mom, I'm sick!" 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??

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

If outside the city, make travel arrangements: are flights required, train or will he or she be driving. If it is an external meeting, but local, enter location of meeting in calendar, provide your boss with address and directions, contact phone number, taxi chit. Provide a contact number. (for

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

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JANUARY 1, 2009

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

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JANUARY 10, 2010

I could see him looking after himself, trying to organise his diary and all his emails etc, and he wasn't sure what to give me. When I first started the job I am in now, my boss had never had administrative support before. It took me only a couple of days to go into his office and say, ok, ground rules!!

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JULY 12, 2010

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JULY 9, 2010

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AUGUST 22, 2009

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

They each took the initiative to get appropriate training and education to better equip them in the areas they were interested in. They each had forward-thinking employers who allowed them to have vision and encouraged them to work towards their goal and made room for that new role within their organization.

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JUNE 4, 2010

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JUNE 27, 2009

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JUNE 23, 2009

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AUGUST 1, 2010

There are just too many passwords to remember, and that doesnt include my bosss passwords that I also need to know because I have to check his emails as well as my own. Some sites use your email address as the log in, while others require you to create your own. But things like email etc, are all logged up in the noggin.

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MARCH 13, 2010

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MAY 1, 2009

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JANUARY 31, 2010

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