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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. He or she also needs to understand supervision, training, and administration, and how they can benefit the business. Low-cost training courses are available online.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

When the printer/scanner/fax breaks down I am ultimately the person who troubleshoots and fixes the machine in question. The Skill-set of the modern PA is a far cry from tea and typing: Exceptional Communication – with colleagues, clients, suppliers, peers and the public (includes Active Listening). Risk Management.

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WinWeb's One-Stop-Shop Business Services For Freelancers, Home.

The Small Business Blog

We have been training a large number of virtual assistants in all aspects of our service offerings for months and we are very confident we can provide a professional and extremely cost-effective service to all our clients. This is just one service aimed at making you focus on your business and not on your admin. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Apple – the customer support nightmare – Part II: The Criminal.

The Small Business Blog

She would like to get a copy of my signature – not passport, or anything – so I’ll write her a fax, so she can deal with TNT, and she is shipping me a new copy of the OS Server out. M Stefan Töpfer Said on November 15th, 2007 at 9:33 am Oh yes, I sent the fax again – guess what they did not get it again!

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