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Keeping focussed in a busy environment

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© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 17 April, 2010 Keeping focussed in a busy environment There are so many distractions in the office -- the telephone, your co-workers, email and your boss! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

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Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. Alternatively, you can list yourself with other online placement sites as well. ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared?

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

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Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Job satisfaction is important. They are interested, now what? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

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I have found in some work environments there is a real distinction between executives and staff. I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. The one I like the least is staff.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

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Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from.

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Monty Python Officeland

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With references like these how can I lose? Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time ► April (2) Keeping focussed in a busy environment When your boss arranges meetings behind your back. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire. Its not that Im funny, because Im not, but I find a lot of things funny.