On The Job

JULY 8, 2014

And with the increasing temps comes the surest sign of summer: An invitation to the office picnic. Such events are often seen as a way to let your hair down and enjoy time away from the office, but they’re also a minefield of potential etiquette disasters that can derail your career. Follow the rules.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

Hello Readers - 8 months ago, a reader asked me a question about fraternization and social etiquette at work. The example of how it could be misconstrued wasn’t helpful to you, but nonetheless, what she was saying was, “My focus is on your social etiquette behavior and I am pointing it out to you.” 4) Start temping immediately.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

Heres an example of what happened with me. We hired a temp to do some simple clerical work for us, but realized once she left, that the work was inadequate and there were spelling mistakes along with the mail merge list not being correct, that we supplied to her.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

Here is an example of a worksheet Office Dynamics put together outlining the topics we are covering at our 22 nd Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence as a tool assistants can use to give to their executive. I obtained my 4-year Bachelor’s degree while temping as an AA and fell in love with my career.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Example: If youre looking for a Blockbuster in Arlington, Texas you can send this text message: Blockbuster 76001 Pretty neat. Finally, I asked her how she knew the answers and what was she doing to get the information? It was then she introduced me to Google.

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