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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? There are times when people come up to me and expect things to be done right away.

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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? Here are 9 great tips on making you a better blogger: Credentials are a must. Dont be afraid to spice it up a little.

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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?&# Here are 11 quick tips for helping you overcome those office blues: Think of the positives, not the negatives.

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

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. I also use Tasks in Outlook to follow up on electronic items. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Your boss calls you up and tells you that you need to add an agenda to this meeting, but you don’t want everyone to get the meeting request again and have to accept/decline it. To do this, open up your scheduled meeting in the calendar that you are using and click on “Forward as iCalendar&#. I'm going to try this.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post soruba Nice blog. Now you have a larger area to work with. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today. Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Do you follow particular religious holidays, but arent showing up in your calendar? In this case, I dont have to worry about taking extra days off, since I dont really follow the religious holidays that I was brought up with, which in turn, are part of the regular holidays that come up each year.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

You actually end up thinking that you are working harder, yet you are reducing your productivity by about 30%. Thats quite a bit of work that you could be catching up on throughout your day, each and every day. Then I would open up the applications associated with the next task. Believe it or not, this can lower productivity.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Your colleague or boss calls or comes up to you exactly 2 minutes later and asks if youve read it. You think to yourself, "What?!? Is this person crazy?!?" Has this ever happened to you? I am sure most of you are nodding your heads as you are reading this. Whats next? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 24, 2008

When e-mails come in and you have set up your colors, you will notice that you have prioritized them by color. This will show up in red, since I know I have to get to this one first, before I can even touch any other one. Then I have my faxes set up as green. Now you have a new prioritization system set up.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet. Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post deals nice site about deals thank you Posted on 30 October, 2009 5:56 PM Anonymous Thank you! Whats next? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 17, 2009

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Now put yourself in that persons shoes. Imagine that you were on the receiving end of the conversation. Whats next? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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JULY 14, 2009

They forget to do their own flight check-in and dont have time, so they call you up and ask you to do it. You search around to find the best deal (check out Travel Links on the right side of this blog for some suggestions) and book what your boss needed. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

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MARCH 20, 2010

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 It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. It is also amazing how much we pick up from our co-workers during the day.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Do you need some helpful tips on how to get that dream job that you always wanted? When I least expected it, the skies opened up and a job fell in my lap. Here are 3 simple search tips that you can follow to get you through the rough patches: If you feel stuck, as for help! Here are some more articles on job seeking tips.

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APRIL 5, 2010

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 He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

They most likely will stop using your product/service, but also, they would end up telling their friends. Here are some tips to consider: Even if you dont know the answer to their question, tell them that you will get back to them via e-mail, phone, etc. Then those friends would tell those friends, and so on and so forth.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

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 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

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 He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. Lets enjoy our day together.© Do you like what you do?

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MARCH 13, 2010

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 I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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 10 January, 2010 What ever happened to the "us" in Service? .© © Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 10 January, 2010 What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 08, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D o you wake up in the morning and think to yourself, "What do I have to do today? Rushing through your work will only create mistakes and you will end up doing the same task twice. This will help you get to your goal faster.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Hiring a freelancer can have great benefits. So show your boss that you are willing to pitch in but not burn out.

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MARCH 4, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Write An Effective Out Of Office Assistant Message By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , MS-Outlook , Organize , Productivity A re you going on vacation? Don’t forget to set up and turn on your “Out of Office Assistant&# on Microsoft Outlook.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

In one of my previous jobs, when I was working for an Investment Advisor, he gave me the installation CD-ROM and asked me to read up on how to use it. I am sure that this will beef up your productivity with the system. This same thing happened to me as well as one of my readers. Whats next? Until next time, Take care - of your clutter!

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OCTOBER 7, 2008

Set up the preferences for yourself for one hour and click start. When the hour has passed, a pop up window will show telling you that your time is up. Virtual Stopwatch gives you the option to set a predetermined amount of time. For example, you want to spend one hour on a particular project. Whats next?

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

If you are more of a person who likes to use Outlook for reminders to pop up a few minutes, hours or days before the task needs to be completed or you need to attend a meeting, here are some tips on how to go about it: Write up the task in your Outlook, but make sure to give yourself enough time to be able to complete the task.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

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 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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OCTOBER 13, 2008

All the deleted text should now show up automatically. Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post Administrative Jobs Thanks for the great tips here. Keep up the great work! Make sure that you are in the document that you’ve changed. You can also read some more articles on System Security here.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

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 Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

to be obtained from outside sources, other than the specified and approved vendors that have been set up. There are some companies that, unfortunately, don’t allow for purchases such as stationary , fax machines , toner , etc. Since I work for a large corporation, this is my case as well. Whats next?

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JANUARY 15, 2010

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 The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Too much information.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

If not, heres a quick technical tip for you: Hold down the "Windows" key (located between the CTRL and ALT keys) and hit the "L" key. and then our computers automatically lock, which is a good back-up system. Do you feel safe enough to leave your computer on and everyone can see what you are doing?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If they try to call you, they can be fined up to $15,000.00. Keep in mind that it telemarketers have 31 days to take you off of their list and you have to re-register your numbers every three years, but it’s worth the small effort. You can find the National Do Not Call Registry for the US here. Whats next?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So next time you want to make a reservation via phone, hang it up and try OpenTable.com instead! I even keep particular restaurants that I have to make reservations for on a regular basis in my Favourites on my browser. Subscribe to The Professional Assistant feeds or get posts e-mailed directly to you today.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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 A good tip if you flub up your voicemail is to press # and it should give you prompts to get out of it. They said it works with most phone services. 411 Look Up 411.ca Do you like what you do?

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