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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

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Today’s assistants are computer savvy, smart and up-and-coming, and consider themselves professionals in the workplace. Those who are skilled at regularly thinking on their feet as they come up with solutions and ideas both on the computer and on the job might be able to step into this role.

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Welcome to Canada, Mr. President.

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It has always amazed me however that once someone becomes a President they start being referred to by their last name by the media and people in general. Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. What is the proper etiquette when addressing or writing to a President? 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Warning! Warning! Incoming text message.

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Here is some common-sense etiquette: Screen your calls: Subscribe to call display. However, I think our etiquette hasnt caught up with the technology. ▼ August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

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Posted by Patricia Robb at 6:13 PM Labels: Administrative Assistant , etiquette for addressing officials , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Carol Bory said. Another helpful site I refer to for protocol on addressing officials is www.formsofaddress.info. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Thanks Carol.

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

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I dont mind being referred to as someones assistant. 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 My all-time favourite however is colleague.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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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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Monty Python Officeland

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With references like these how can I lose? Since I got in at 9 and my boss was in an hour before me, I knew he had probably seen it already so decided to suck it up and just go in and ask him. I thought somebody ought to tell her, so I caught up to her and it turned out to be someone from my own office. 411 Look Up 411.ca