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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

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For example, answering phones, taking messages, purchasing office equipment, working with relevant software and filing paperwork. Office managers may also draft documents, help with payroll, keep an organised office environment and communicate via phone, email and fax (yes, some companies are still using fax machines).

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

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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Best Business Technology for Small Businesses & Their Owners (28 ideas from them to you!)

Stephanie LH Calahan

Since I work at home (and because we're full-time RVers, always on the road), I need to be able to fax/copy/convert from anywhere. But I live and work in less than 200 square feet -- so I don't have the room for a lot of equipment. Coordinating equipment requests and advancing concerts with vendors overseas was a nightmare.

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106 Thoughts on Overcoming Overwhelm in a Freaked-Out World

Stephanie LH Calahan

The Whole Of Anything Is Overwhelming I tell my clients and seminar students that there are 5 simple things to remember if they want to be organized. Riders equip their horses with blinders for one reason only: to keep the horse focused on what is in front of it. Thanks to Linda Siniscal of Third Hand Secretarial Service LLC 72.

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