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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. However, sometimes people mistakenly think of these files as a catch-all for an individual’s paperwork. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. What to include in an employee’s personnel file.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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Steph in the Media - Productive & Organized

Stephanie LH Calahan

» Steph in the Media   The past few weeks have been active for me with interviews.  In the News February, 2011 Stephanie LH Calahan is interviewed by Janet Baker of Monticello Corporation and the Paper Tiger Software. You can listen below or read the  Paper Tiger Interview with Stephanie Calahan.

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2 Measures of effective productivity systems…

Ian's Messy Desk

I learned from my mother. I asked why he had been on the medication and she said, “that was four years ago, when he had his surgery.” Not only did she remember the name of the antibiotic from four years previous, within 45 seconds she had pulled a copy of the prescription from her files. Thanks for visiting!

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

Not everyone will have this opportunity, however, so I wanted to share with you some things I learned. I feel that even during a seemingly bad experience, you can always learn something positive. I was used to listing all my duties on my resume: maintaining a filing system, answering the telephone, typing correspondence, etc.

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Anyone can be an Administrative Assistant, right?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Try to anticipate the need so you can have the file or the answer your boss needs, before he or she even knows they need it. A good assistant knows just where to find the document or file needed, or they won’t stop looking till they do. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Be one step ahead of your boss.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I keep mine in an encrypted Word file on my computer. I also have an encrypted file with various other important numbers like my and my husbands social security numbers and the like. Servers are usually backed up daily, so your file will likely be restored. However, you probably want to password protect file.