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Travel Planning in a Pandemic? Here’s What You Need to Know

All Things Admin

When I worked corporately, travel planning was one of my favorite parts of my job, and I still love it today. COVID-19 brought the travel industry to its knees, but as vaccinations roll out and restrictions loosen, we’re getting closer to a place where we can move freely again. The basics of travel planning still apply.

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How to Master The Art of Supporting Multiple Managers

Office Dynamics

The primary manager may be traveling and/or unavailable to answer your questions. email, instant chat, phone, text messaging, etc.). Establish positive working relationships with other internal administrative support staff as they are vital when additional help is needed. Find out who else has information related to the project.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If a more experienced assistant comes alongside you and provides mentoring - dont refuse it. So if you want to get your foot in the door as an admin, there is no shame in that and it will be valuable training for whatever career you ultimately choose. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list.

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The Big Secret to Time Management and a More Fulfilling Life

Stephanie LH Calahan

I talked to over 40 of my international colleagues and asked them for their one favorite tip on setting and managing priorities. One of my on-line mentors is Alex Mandossian and one thing I admire about him is the massive volume of work he can pump out. They came up with some great ideas. His secret?

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An Admin’s Guide to Effective Checklists

All Things Admin

It led me to create one of my favorite checklists ever – a four page travel planning checklist that I still use to this day. Turn off forwarding on phones. You might have a checklist for travel planning, one for event planning, one for preparing for quarterly board meetings, and one for ordering office supplies. Log into PC.

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How to Work for A Difficult Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

As I mentioned, I'm interviewing for a very high profile position next week for a Chairman of a major international company. I ended up hearing about the other girl who got the job because word travels. I've been an EA on and off for years to pay the bills between various contracts. I seriously want this job.

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Do you provide royal service?

Office Dynamics

I recently stayed at a Fairmont hotel while I was traveling. As you pick up the phone to answer a call, do you provide royal service? © 2011 Julie Perrine International, LLC. by Julie Perrine. I was immediately impressed from the moment I was dropped off in the front of the hotel and the bell hop addressed me by name.