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Answering Your Questions

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

Be willing to do anything and learn a lot of different skill sets and software programs so you are indispensable. They also travel a lot all over the world. Other people would probably much rather find a new job immediately while not burning bridges or gossiping about it. Q: Are you expected to be accessible 24/7?

Negotiating

Negotiating Interviewing Mentoring Promotion

Are You A Valid Person?

Brilliantly Better

JULY 6, 2010

But after working a few years in the traditional media world – which, by the way, is not a very friendly place to be, always challenged, filled with gossip and back talking – I felt the need for a change. I’ve always been fascinated by the digital world, but never been interested in build a career on top of it.

2010

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Why People Gossip At The Office

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 26, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Why People Gossip At The Office By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity D o you gossip at the office? Do you get sucked into the gossip of others? Gossip has never been a positive matter. Send me your comments!

Gossip

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Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online!

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Home About Me Advertise Finding The Best Travel Deals - Online! By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Research , Travel A re you trying to book a flight, hotel or car rental for your manager? Visit Travel Zoo for the most up-to-date best deals you can find on the internet.

Travel

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Need To Create a PDF? Don't Have the Software? Don't Panic!

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Dont Have the Software? There are other ways to implement this, depending on the software that you are using, but let’s keep this simple for now. Home About Me Advertise Need To Create a PDF? Dont Panic! Please keep in mind that this is not Acrobat Reader (can be downloaded here) , which is free and is only used to view PDFs.

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Fight or Flight? Dealing with a Difficult Colleague!

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 6, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, March 06, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you had or are in a situation where your colleague is making your life miserable? Now its time to begin the process of gossiping about co-workers, belittling co-workers, making snide comments about other staff.

Gossip

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Cubicle Etiquette 101

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Cubicle Etiquette 101 By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 01, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that your colleagues are hovering around you when youre on the phone? If you would like more tips such as these, please read my articles on gossiping in the workplace.

Cubicle

Cubicle Etiquette 2008 2007

Sync Your Hand Held Device

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Sync Your Hand Held Device By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, November 15, 2007 Filed Under: Networking , Organize , Productivity , Travel A re you looking for software that can synchronize most of your hand held devices? Heres a free piece of software that was recently released that can do just that.

Google Docs

Google Docs Cubicle 2008 2007

Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 17, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Copying Tables, Pictures or Text in PDF Files to Other Sources By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, January 17, 2008 Filed Under: MS-Excel , MS-PowerPoint , MS-Word , Productivity D id your boss just ask you to copy a table, picture or text to another source of software, such as Microsoft Excel or Word ?

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How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Home About Me Advertise How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers By The Professional Assistant on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity D o you find that some of your co-workers can be extremely annoying, rude or just plain inconsiderate?

Cubicle

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11 Tips To Improve Your Performance

Professional Assistant Blog

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?&# Avoid people that gossip, you will only get yourself deeper into negativity. Expand your mind.

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Checking Stats for Your Company's Website?

Professional Assistant Blog

JANUARY 4, 2008

Do you have software in place for it? Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity. Its a great piece of software that will help you and you marketing department figure out the best course of action to increase your sites popularity.

2008

2008 Google Docs Cubicle 2007

Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Advertise Dos and Donts of Office Romance By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, September 20, 2007 Filed Under: Office Gossip , Productivity H ave you ever had an office romance with someone? The disadvantages: Gossip will start around the rumour mill quite quickly and have to try to keep it to yourselves.

Gossip

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Phishing & Spam - Not Your Everyday Food Items!

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Many anti-virus software are being advertised this way to secure people from spam e-mails. Another tip is to install anti-virus and internet security software, such as Symantecs Norton products. These types of software even include spam blockers. They would even sell your personal information in chat rooms on the black market.

2008

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Cover Your Tracks: E-mail Archiving

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

The reason I use the latter method is because our company policy is that we cant download any software that IT doesnt approve. Then just follow the instructions to installing and using the software. One is the easier way, where you download a file; the other is the longer way. Its compatible with any version of Outlook 2002 or later.

Microsoft Outlook

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 31, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity A re your co-workers annoying you at work by talking to loudly? Home About Me Advertise Co-Workers Annoying You? Do you wish you could take a fog horn and toot it around, just so that they would quiet down?

Google Docs

Google Docs Cubicle 2008 2007

"Checking In" to a Better Flight

Professional Assistant Blog

JULY 14, 2009

Home About Me Advertise "Checking In" to a Better Flight By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Filed Under: Meetings , Productivity , Research , Travel Y ou get an urgent e-mail from your boss asking you to book a flight and hotel. The time finally comes when your boss is flying out to that all important business trip.

Google Docs

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Retrieve Your Files With Ease

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

You can use Microsoft Access to create a database of all of your files criteria and the software assigns a "key" or number that corresponds with your files. You can use Microsoft Excel to add all of this information and then add the numbers from the files to your Excel spreadsheet.

Filing

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Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

When you try to save a document as a template, make sure that you click on the drop down arrow in the Microsoft Office software that you are using and select template, when using the "Save-As" command. Just make sure to protect the documents, spreadsheets, etc. so that they dont get changed.

2008

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Has The Bubble Burst?

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 10, 2008

How many blogs, online tools, software and books are there nowadays providing the latest, fashionable way to hit the peak of productivity? It seems to me that there is now an increasing shift toward simplifying our lives. Who needs to be productive when the amount of stuff you have to deal with is cut in half?

2008

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Kallout To Research Information

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2008

In a nut shell, you download the free software , install it and it’s always running in the background. It might even keep you reading information in the browser, instead of focusing on your original task. There is a more productive method that you can use to conduct your research. There is a new service called Kallout.

Microsoft Word

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Men Wearing Shorts At The Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

AUGUST 18, 2008

I worked for a software company with a casual dress code and men and women both wore shorts all the time (it was in Houston and warm close to year round). Post from: Administrative Assistant Tips 2comments for this post Jodith I have no problems with shorts in the office if its a casual environment (and I mean casual, not business casual).

2008

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"Excel"ing to Create Subtotal Row Totals

Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. They ask you to create subtotals for the latest sales report, but want you to only send them the revised spreadsheet showing the subtotal rows. I recently ran into this problem as well.

2008

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Free ACT! (CRM) Video Tutorials

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2008

website, which has the following online video tutorials for some of the most frequently used functions in this software. Take a deep breath and follow the instructions below. Ive found a great resource on the ACT! The only thing is that you need to have earphones or speakers at your computer.

2008

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Tired of Sending Recurring E-mails?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

SendLater for Microsoft Outlook allows you to send e-mails directly from your software on your computer (this is an add-on for Microsoft Outlook), but then there is a cost associated with it. LetterMeLater.com allows you to send e-mails via an online application for free. You can send recurring e-mails as many or as few times as you want.

Microsoft Outlook

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Work From Home? Want to be More Productive?

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

You have to understand how a professional administrator operates and also have the technology and software to run your business in a successful manner. Are you just starting out or already have a thriving business? Finding the right tools to manage your business can be time consuming.

2008

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Business Card Window Envelopes

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Many software-developing companies provide web hosting services. Here are some of the benefits for it: You can place your own customized business cards in the clear window part to use as a mailer. Website hosting is to provide websites easily accessible online by World Wide Web to clients.

Business Cards

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Increasing Microsoft Excel 2007's Formula Bar Size

Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

I was just playing around with the software and stumbled upon this great feature. I remember back in the day when Microsoft Excel 2003 and prior versions didn’t have this feature. Then we upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 and voila! That’s it! Now you have a larger area to work with.

Microsoft Excel

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Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies

Professional Assistant Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Home About Me Advertise Top Reasons for Working in Large and Small Companies By The Professional Assistant on Monday, February 25, 2008 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you work in a large company ? You can travel more, whether it be to visit clients locally or internationally. A small company ?

2008

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Thinking Outside the Job Description Box

Professional Assistant Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Administrative Assistants have a list of things they specialize in including business writing, proofreading, minute taking, meeting planning, travel agent, desktop publishing, editing, public relations and client liaison to name a few. Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

2008

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Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up?

Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2008

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, October 17, 2008 Filed Under: Travel Y ou’re standing in the elevator and everyone is crammed like a can of sardines. Home About Me Advertise Elevator Etiquette 101: Going Up? Converted to Blogger by Blogger Templates © Content by Richard Rinyai 2007-2010

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Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams?

Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2007

By The Professional Assistant on Thursday, December 06, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking , Productivity , Travel D o you find yourself getting stuck in traffic each morning and afternoon? Home About Me Advertise Would You Relocate to Avoid Traffic Jams? Do you feel that people should relocate to a closer home or find a new job?

Google Docs

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