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For Beginners: Keyboarding

Administrative Arts

Helpful tips and what to learn to progress in an administrative career. For those just starting out in the clerical field, I cannot stress enough working on your keyboarding skills. Overall, though, this seems to be a very complete keyboarding tutorial. Keyboard Lessons – 10 lessons for keyboarding.

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Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 July, 2010 Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgate, 2010 Stevie® Award winner Lynn Holgate, an Executive Assistant at High Performance Technologies, Inc.

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7 Ways to Make a Good Impression on the Phone

On The Job

I have interviewed a lot of great people in my time, and those talks stick out in my mind. The conversations were frustrating for me, and the outcome (a fairly lousy interview) didn't do anyone any good. Putting your best foot forward is even more crucial if you're interviewing for a job. NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER COOKIE!

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On the job tips for new Admins.

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 12 December, 2009 On the job tips for new Admins. Next week I would like to talk about meeting planning and give you some scheduling tips that have worked well for me.

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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

What personal development and self-care tips do you recommend to assistants? Q: Can you share one or two tips every executive and assistant could incorporate into their routines for better productivity and to build their professional relationship? You highlight taking care of yourself. Make time for yourself. Notice I said, “make.”

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How to Find a Job Using Social Media

On The Job

Within weeks, she was called in for an interview and then offered the job. "To One employer, Flightster.com , called Rao in for an interview after seeing his blog. However, she says that using it incorrectly can also cause problems, so she offers these tips: 1. What other tips would you give for finding a job via social media?

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Lets enjoy our day together.©