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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Holiday and sickness records. If the executive runs a department the assistant should manage all of their holiday and sickness records with the authority to sign off standard holiday requests and short term sickness leave. Including researching new suppliers, maintaining contracts, communications and invoices.

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Lessons on Creating a Business Emergency Plan From Maine-Based Company Better With Buckwheat

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They’d only been working there since September 2022, with plenty of new equipment and refurbished walls, floors and installations. The company offered employees two weeks of pay, which gave them time to sign up for unemployment and avoid any unpaid time over the holiday season. The government declared a state of emergency.

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How to grow your business despite the holidays

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Another obligatory holiday post. No matter your industry, the holidays mess it up. Are you going to drop all the balls you have in the air because it’s the holidays? See, there’s one thing the holidays have an abundance of: Psychological spare time. No, you’re not. While you’re running errands.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

The Small Business Blog

As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Q & A: What does “Fixed Costs” mean and why should they be as low.

The Small Business Blog

Should that not be the case, then you have “variable costs&# of $1 per call, which means you are out of the office, working or enjoying life while it is quiet, for example during holiday season. Rental equipment, software (via cloud computing), along with outsourcing of services are all good ways to spend less and make more.

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