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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

Some examples would be managing a company website, creating, editing and writing a company newsletter or creating promotional materials, invitations and brochures for marketing events. This can be a rewarding career change for those suited to this type of work.

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

Laughing all the Way to Work

What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? If you ever have an opportunity to meet him, you should call him Mr. President or Sir and if you are writing correspondence you would write Dear Mr. Like everything else nowadays, if you want answers to just about anything -- Google it.

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Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary

Laughing all the Way to Work

You would be surprised how many misspelled words get in there by mistake; for example, instead of pressing Change you press Add to Dictionary when you are going through your SpellCheck.

2007 100
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Too much information.

Laughing all the Way to Work

For example, "Further to our conversation this morning, attached is a template letter that should meet your needs." For example, "Please send me the following information: - A photocopy of Ms. What do you want? Next, state the purpose of your e-mail. What are you e-mailing them about? Point being.

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Guest Blog: Networking Like a Pro

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If you meet someone at an Administrative Assistant conference, for example, make sure to follow up with that contact within a week or two after the event. If you meet another executive assistant at a conference, check in with her a few weeks afterwards to see if you can help her out with anything. Keep in touch.

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Repeating Headers and Footers while in Sections

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In this example, I did the following: Go to the end of page 1, i.e. the last cell (bottom right), or after the last word on the page. She said it would be the same instructions for a table or a document in Word. These are instructions for Word 2003. "I I had a 6 page table and I changed the footer on page 2 and then again on page 5.

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That's not my job!

Laughing all the Way to Work

As an example, I am now helping my boss with a corporate blog he started and because I have experience with blogging in my personal life, I have used that and now do it professionally as well.