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Quick Tip: First thing to do to fix office equipment

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For me, I’m usually under the gun with my hair on fire because I need to get this work done ASAP before my boss heads out the door for their business trip… and my computer freezes or the printer stops working or my fax machine won’t send.

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Snuff Out the Burnout

Office Dynamics

If you can’t take a few days off, even just one day, in a relaxing environment with no computers, faxes, e-mails, phone calls or any thoughts of work, can help renew you. People on the verge of burnout usually are spending less time with family and friends. They have trouble getting away from the workplace. Set realistic objectives.

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

Interpersonal & Communications skills Communication is essential to being successful with office manager responsibilities. Time management skills A person who doesn't manage their time properly will be overwhelmed by the amount of work that piles up. They may also be required to offer secretarial support to senior stakeholders.

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The Evolving Admin: What’s Next for Administrative Professionals?

Eat Your Career

Faxing was still an acceptable mode of communication. With ever-increasing demands and ever-shrinking resources, admins need to adopt a new set of skills to succeed. The key skills that employers consider most essential for their administrative professionals. Social media was just starting to take shape back then.

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3 Steps Toward a Paperless Office

Productivity Bits

It is entirely possible for you to essentially eliminate the use of paper faxes by using electronic faxing, in which you generate an in-bound fax to the computer system you use. They must learn a new routine in something they already had some skill in doing.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

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When the printer/scanner/fax breaks down I am ultimately the person who troubleshoots and fixes the machine in question. A lot of Job Specs tend to focus on a standard set of skills rather than the actual responsibilities. CPD – Active learning in relation to both hard and soft skills. The role has changed and so must we.

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9 Steps to Quickly Increase Team Productivity

Office Dynamics

An example is a red file for urgent mail and faxes, yellow for interoffice reports, green for general mail, blue for junk mail, etc. Tags: Communication Skills Executive Blog Teamwork. Have your assistant place your hard copy mail in assorted color files to speed your reading and determine priority items.

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