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Get A Job With A Thank You Letter

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Home About Me Advertise Get A Job With A Thank You Letter By The Professional Assistant on Friday, March 28, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity D id you just get out of an interview ? I appreciate your time and consideration in interviewing me for this position. My phone number is (XXX) XXX-XXXX.

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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. Be professional on the phone and greet people who come calling, but not everyone needs to get in to see the boss. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Be very selective and guard their time.

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Oh where or where is my password?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Even if you phone the bank they need your secret passcode or they wont speak to you about your account. 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. Thanks everyone for your input.

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

INTERVIEW WELL Make it a conversation. You are interviewing them too so ask questions. Take notes during the interview so you don’t forget what you wanted to ask. I have a network of assistants that I call friends, although some are just phone colleagues, but we help each other. How true that is! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Meetings Plus: Taking them offline

Laughing all the Way to Work

When I receive an initial request for a meeting, I use a meeting form and write down the information I need: who is requesting the meeting, what is the purpose of the meeting, where it will be held and a phone number or an e-mail address and dates that are available. When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file.

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Grrr! moments

Laughing all the Way to Work

At one office I worked in we had a mail cart with slots for everyones mail, but it was filed First name, Last name. the phone book, standard filing practices etc.) This goes for filing and also how your contacts are ordered in Outlook. If you open the contact card you will see in the first section File As.

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Colour Coding Works.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:39 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , colour coding , coloured file folders , professional assistant Reactions: 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Join me for a Webinar, Sept. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. 411 Look Up 411.ca