Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Then a bunch of co-workers show up in costumes. Do you like to dress up in fancy or scary costumes for this occasion? Do you want to dress up at the office, but not sure what to wear or if you even can? You dont want to end up at work and be the only one wearing a costume. What are you dressing up as? What a sight!

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Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

I work in a back office environment, where 99% of our client interaction is via the phone, e-mail or outside of the office, so I can wear jeans and a t-shirt. However, for business casual and business dress environments, Im still a purist. Imagine a person wearing this showing up to a lunch with a client.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 11, 2012

After all, your attitude shows up everywhere: In your words, your tone of voice, even your physical look. In a professional environment, it’s especially important to keep a positive attitude. Download the PDF version here >> Instructions. And it also guides your actions. Your attitude truly shapes your world.

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 18, 2012

When you’re done, add up your scores and see how satisfied you are with your job and career. Download the PDF version here >> Instructions. I find my office environment pleasant. Perhaps this will help you sort out a bad day from a bad job. On the other hand, this might make you realize that it’s time for a job change!

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

A large number of people that wake up in the morning need their coffee to jump start their mornings and help them throughout the day. By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 29, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you feel like you need a coffee fix every day? Can you really survive your morning without that cup of Joe?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

There are times when people come up to me and expect things to be done right away. Theres just 8 hours in a work day (give or take, depending your work environment) and you can only do so much. Do you feel jittery each time you receive a task that needs to be completed yesterday? Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 10, 2008

It happens each and every year, even if you end up getting the flu shot. If youre feeling well enough to be able to work from home (telecommuting), an alternative would be to ask your IT department to set you up with VPN (virtual private network) access. It all depends on how your IT department sets you up.

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Small Business CEO

OCTOBER 11, 2011

As we start to see mergers and acquisitions activity ramp up, we shift focus to the value of technology due diligence. By spending time up front during due diligence on integration, the knowledge would have changed the approach, and possibly even the decision to use the system. What do you review during due diligence?

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Ian's Messy Desk

JUNE 7, 2011

I don’t know how that stacks up against active users, but I suspect the ratio is high. Share Information – Instead of filling up everybody’s e-mail inbox with all the bits of information you feel it is important to share, store that information in Evernote. What is Evernote?

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It’s considered a more family friendly environment. Leadership potential is quite different, since you can move up within the company quite quickly, as opposed to a smaller firm, where it might be family run. You don’t want to end up looking for another job. You get to have more one-on-one contact with your clients.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Then you end up going back and forth to try to figure out what works for everyone. The default colours would be: Tentative: Blue with white diagonal stripes through it Busy: Blue Out of Office: Purple Keeping these tips in mind will create a more productive environment for you and your staff members.

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Small Business CEO

MAY 5, 2010

New requests get faxed then emailed to customer service which then inputs the information into the appropriate system, whether that be policy changes into policy administration, benefits questions into follow up logs or new claims into the claims system. Assess your IT function. Create your ideal organizational chart and job descriptions.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Then, all files are set up in an excel file with columns for File #, property address, closing date, owner (whatever data important) - then sorts are run and printed so files can be referenced and found by whatever criteria you need.

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The Office Professionals Place

OCTOBER 8, 2009

In an effort to eliminate paper, you may want to scan the document, save it as a PDF, and file it in an electronic file. Or maybe you have knick knacks that take up a lot of space on your desk. Eliminating the many pictures, mementos, and knick knacks will keep a professional look, but also maintain a pleasant environment.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

First of all Ive worked for an organization as an admin asst for years and during this time I have seen many co-workers leave and have had to put up with a lot. Did you take it up each level all the way to the top? If all else fails, you might want to start considering what type of work environment you are in.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

If you need to warm up your lunch, please try to keep it in the lunch room. Its up to the individual to analyze this culture in addition to the individual relationships around them. The constant noise from that drives me up a wall. In the mean time Im going to discretely tape up a copy of your etiquette rules somewhere public.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 13, 2023

But first you need to get your work samples up to P.A.R. Some questions you can ask yourself to bring your portfolio up to P.A.R It’s ok to share things that happen in a team environment if you are an active part of that team. Upload the PDF to your social portfolio on LinkedIn and/or your digital portfolio site.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Productivityist

DECEMBER 8, 2012

While the large-sized one isn’t ideal for everyone, the Mini Ideaboard is something I’d use for mind mapping and mocking up ideas to share with others. The NeatDesk looks good, doesn’t take up a lot of room, and works great as well. The Ideaboard. This is a neat idea (pun totally intended). I’m a big fan of this device. Hit the button.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

We need to listen to one another and see if those new ideas have merit, or if they open up any other possible courses of action. It’s up to us to stop allowing others to make decisions for our industry, our careers, and our lives, both as a group and as individuals. We Can Wake Up a Bit It’s not like we have a choice, you know.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. There’s a new free post that goes up every day.” It’s a bit of a joke. Why the hell not? Now, that’s great.

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