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Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Do Not Disturb - Training In Progress By The Professional Assistant on Friday, January 18, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Meetings , Productivity D o you get staff members coming to you for all sorts of questions? Are you the main contact in your department? When youre on a phone call, do people hover over you?

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10 Signs You're a High Maintenance Employee

On The Job

You claim you hate gossips, but have sent emails passing along the latest scuttlebutt concerning a colleague's dating habits after you overheard her on the phone. Whenever you travel for business, you always run into problems and have to call the office for help. If you don't get it, you pout or glare at whoever is sitting in it.

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. You start to feel the same way and wonder when your floor will hit next. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Macros: Shortcuts To Productivity With Microsoft Word

Professional Assistant Blog

The more difficult macros are the ones that are programming code related and require knowledge of Visual Basic (you can find some books here) , which unfortunately, I have no training in. I am going to show you how to record a simple macro function and to implement it.

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

As I said earlier personal assistants tend to fall into the job and then don’t see the benefit of training or improving their skills. I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. Yes yes yes! I would encourage all assistants to actively use social media.

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EMEA East – Personal Branding Q&A

Practically Perfect PA

As I said earlier personal assistants tend to fall into the job and then don’t see the benefit of training or improving their skills. I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. Yes yes yes! I would encourage all assistants to actively use social media.

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Administrative Assistants have a list of things they specialize in including business writing, proofreading, minute taking, meeting planning, travel agent, desktop publishing, editing, public relations and client liaison to name a few. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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