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A PA’s guide to confidentiality

Practically Perfect PA

Confidential emails and digital files. When sending sensitive emails, mark them as ‘confidential’ in the email options tab, and encrypt any attached files. Regularly sort through your emails (inbox and sent drive) and your files, and make sure that everything is suitably hidden and protected. Confidential documents.

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Dignity and Privacy in the Workplace

On The Job

Most of us have been guilty of it a time or two: Trying to get a peek at the confidential files on the boss’s desk, or perhaps gossiping with a trusted co-worker about another employee’s performance problems. Workers have been fired for everything from discussing salaries to gossiping about romantic relationships.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions By The Professional Assistant on Friday, November 23, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking A re you going in for an interview for that dream job? What kind of salary are you looking for? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary. Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer?

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 Filed Under: Productivity D o you find yourself having to deal with a difficult person in your office? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Dispelling the Personal Assistant myth

Practically Perfect PA

We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. Personal Assistants can demand good salaries and can influence and persuade their manager’s decisions. We still need to maintain confidentiality. Moneypenny is the women behind the man.

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Dispelling the Personal Assistant myth

Practically Perfect PA

We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. Personal Assistants can demand good salaries and can influence and persuade their manager’s decisions. We still need to maintain confidentiality. Moneypenny is the women behind the man.

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