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Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Restaurant Reservations - Find An Open Table Online! By The Professional Assistant on Monday, September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Organize , Productivity A re you asked to make reservations for your manager(s) at particular restaurants? You pick the date, time and number of people attending.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

One of the concepts that Steelcase promotes is the Workcafe: the transformation of the traditional cafeteria or corporate restaurant into an informal, but harder working space that offers a diversity of zones not just for social connections. Today, she is Director Media Communications of both Steelcase and Coalesse in EMEA.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Coming from a legal background, we were always taught if you are using an acronym or initialism in writing, on the first use you should spell it out and then put the acronym in brackets, which makes a lot of sense and saves a lot of head scratching and searching the document to figure out what the person is referring to. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Sticks and stones will break my bones.but names will never hurt me

Laughing all the Way to Work

I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. My all-time favourite however is colleague. My current boss always refers to me as his colleague, both to those within our company and to external contacts when referring them to me. I tend to use the term boss when I refer to my employer. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Monty Python Officeland

Laughing all the Way to Work

With references like these how can I lose? .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 29 July, 2009 Monty Python Officeland One of my former bosses said working with me was like being in a Monty Python movie. My current boss says we get along like a house on fire. Its not that Im funny, because Im not, but I find a lot of things funny.

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Building Relationships one Assistant at a Time

Laughing all the Way to Work

Like you, I list the new assistant as not only a contact but a definite resource for future references. As you previously stated, this is a great way to not only meet new people but you can expand your list of contacts to include the new assistant. I have found this practice to pay off big just when you need it! 23, 1 p.m. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Let your fingers do the walking: Quick keyboard shortcut keys

Laughing all the Way to Work

They say when you do something for 30 days it becomes a habit, so try some of these and make it a new habit that will save you a lot of time. If you find some are outdated please let me know so I can remove them from this list. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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