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Balancing Professionalism and Friendship in the Office: Guest Blog by Elaine Hirsch

Laughing all the Way to Work

We aren't in the same office anymore, but we now meet monthly to go to our local chapter's IAAP dinner meeting and then spend the drive home catching up on what each of us is up to. Workplace friendships offer many advantages to employees and with the appropriate boundaries, they can help foster a positive workplace environment.

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The Advertising Game

Laughing all the Way to Work

Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. To me this shows me the company has not done their homework on updating their contacts and are not considering the environment. Excellent material! ► February (5) We did it Canada!

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

A few months ago I asked the Practically Perfect PA readers if they could complete a survey for me. The survey asked if assistants feel that having or not having a university degree has made a difference to their career path. Obtaining funds from work to complete training in the current environment is difficult. Not yet no.

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Is Your Company Secretly Failing At Employee Recognition?

Office Dynamics

Survey: Three in 10 Workers Think Their Employer Is Ineffective at Showing Appreciation to Staff. But opinions are divided between employers and their staff on what constitutes effective employee recognition, according to a new OfficeTeam survey. MENLO PARK, Calif. ” Their responses: Managers.