The Office Professionals Place

AUGUST 13, 2009

You have to be able to create a PowerPoint presentation, merge a document in Word, or create a report in Excel. Take a course, if you already know the basics, go to the next tier and learn at the intermediate and expert levels. Need a filing system? OfficeArrow.com has a great article discussing the "43 folder filing system."

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Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 25, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Cultural Differences in Jobs Around The World By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity C ultures and laws in different countries can vary quite largely. What do they learn the hard way? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Tips on Handling Deadlines By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you hate deadlines? People have to learn that they are not the only ones that need things to get done quickly. Apparently, everyone comes to me all at the same time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you work in a large company ? You have access to more resources, such as better technology and online learning (which is usually provided by the company).

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Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, February 15, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Organize , Productivity Y our boss comes to your cubicle and asks you to make 10 copies of 5 different sets of publications. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Not Sure What To Do? What do you do next?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Networking , Organize , Productivity A re you in the process of looking for a job? Check them out and see what else you can learn! Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Cant Find a Job?

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Home About Me Advertise 11 Tips To Improve Your Performance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 08, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity A re you asking yourself, “How can I improve my workplace?&# Learn from them and build on your weaknesses to make them into strengths.

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, March 10, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by James of Organize IT. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Has The Bubble Burst? It’s understandable this has come about.

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The Office Professionals Place

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Be ware online learning takes a lot of discipline and responsibility. I am sure you have received a brochure advertising a workshop in your area and you filed it in the “rectangular file.&# Microsoft Office is great for providing FREE tutorials online such as in computer software programs Excel, Word, and Powerpoint.

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Blogging Tips for Company Blogs By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Productivity D o you blog for your company? Try to throw in your own spin on information that you learn and post about. Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work?

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Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 28, 2008

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 ? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Did you attend a few recently?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 26, 2011

  They say: " Over 5 million people worldwide have used Basecamp to collaborate on over 4 million projects, track 57 million hours of work, share 46 million files, and complete 43 million to-dos. It allows users to open, save, edit and co-author files stored on-line in Central Desktop directly from Office.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Filed Under: Client Service , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D id you just get that dream job that you always wanted? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Want To Impress Your Boss?

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Advertise What Its Like to be a Male Admin By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 13, 2007 Filed Under: H ere is a little blurb about myself in an article that I wrote recently: Being a male administrative assistant in a predominantly female profession is something everyone asks me about.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 17, 2008

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. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Be one step ahead of your boss.

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Admins4Admins

JANUARY 6, 2010

Learn to easily split information across multiple cells in excel. The PDF instructions is a great visual guide if you’re better learning through screenshots. As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. The most common use for this is splitting first and last names, phone numbers, titles etc.

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Admins4Admins

APRIL 21, 2009

If you need to, download the pdf at the bottom of each set of instructions to help you learn with pictures. You can also file it and refer to it later on. We know you don’t have the time to sit through an entire course.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 1, 2010

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.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 13, 2010

This is useful if you want to file the email and change the Subject line to something that better describes what the email is about or to put notes in the email. You can also attach a file from Word, Excel or PowerPoint or a business card from your Contacts if it is someone you need to remember to call and want that information available.

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Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 22, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Outlook Rules That Rule By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Outlook , Organize , Prioritize , Productivity E ditor’s note: This is a guest post by Patricia Robb of Laughing All The Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant. It will be worth the effort.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 23, 2009

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. 23, 1 p.m. (New

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

And youve been following all the best career advice and job search tips youve read, heard, learned, and developed. Structure: This is like an elaborate version of your résumé, perhaps most easily done in PowerPoint. Log Files As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether it’s scribbled notes or complex digital files, the importance of procedures documentation cannot be overstated. One of the more labor-intensive procedures my team and I use covers how we add new courses to our learning management system. But not everyone learns the same way. The procedure is 12 pages long.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When a meeting is finalized, I put the scheduling sheet in a completed file. Never underestimate what you can learn from other assistants. Learning from each other is a necessity. (New Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Keep a lookout what your colleagues are doing. ► February (5) We did it Canada!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Keep an organized filing system and file list. If your boss tends to misplace things when they get it, make an extra copy for your file before giving it to them. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Now's a great time to set a foundation and train your executive (if they are willing and learn to trust you) so a precedent can be set. Here are some things to work on for projects and what to figure out when learning to work with a new C-Level Executive during your first year. Filing Set up a great filing system now.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 15, 2009

Tried and True Method: I set up 12 hanging file folders labelled January through to December. I then put the items in a two-fold file folder with his calendar printed out on the one side and the items he will need for the day on the other side. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? March 16, 2009 Patricia Robb said.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 26, 2009

She wanted me to show her other tips and thought I really should do a lunch and learn on these shortcuts. Or if you want to attach a file, choose Attach File. 0188 = ¼ 0189 = ½ 0190 = ¾ I learned this trick some time ago but I do not think it is widely known. But how do you know what you dont know?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 13, 2009

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. Normally, I put something about needing to get my filing system up to date, but I think I may have missed the point when I have done that. I have had great experiences learning online in interactive courses.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

It is actually the same bring-forward system that I learned in high school, back in the 1970s, but in all my career had never needed to use until now. I use hanging file folders labelled from January through to December. I do use Outlook tasks, and one of my recurring tasks is to check the bring forward file for the next day *laughs*.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 23, 2009

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. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? Try it, you may like it.

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Admins4Admins

APRIL 30, 2010

Whether you’re speaking to a large group or one-on-one, use good grammar and learn to think on your feet. So take a good look at yourself and make sure too much chatter isn’t part of what you see. Become a good communicator. Articulate clearly and concisely.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2009

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 29, 2009

Get any files they may need as a result of the e-mail correspondence. Going through some major organizing and filing here at our office and this is another 'a propos' topic that hits home. Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? For example, Patricia Robb on behalf of [boss’s name]. THanks for sharing!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint? ► March (2) Admin Buddies Are you prepared? ► February (5) We did it Canada! Minute taking made easier.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

This can be as simple as having hanging file folders marked from January to December and then you just put items in the appropriate month that you need to bring forward for your boss. I thought it would be helpful for those just entering the administrative field to know some of the things I have learned over the years.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 24, 2009

This article is extremely well written, and I have already printed a hardcopy, which I am going to add to my file. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style! Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

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