Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

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. One of my managers wanted me to use our sales tracking software to create the sales report for a particular product. I was able to put the entire report together within a matter of minutes.

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Professional Assistant Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Your manager asks you to create a report of some sort and wants you to send it to a client, but making sure that they cannot manipulate the information. There is a simple way of getting this type of report to anyone without having to use Adobe Acrobat. Now you can e-mail the report to the client without any problems.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Whether you need help fixing up that company website, proofreading a report that your boss needs right away or even compiling reports that your boss gave you today and is asking for you to complete it yesterday. Hiring a freelancer can have great benefits. Truths of a Shy Writer can help you when you’re in a bind.

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AUGUST 25, 2007

You want to tell your co-worker that you need to get a report from them within the hour. Yet you go on and on about how you want it to look, going into great detail of the type of report you want. If you chatter away in your e-mails and are trying to get your point across, this information will be quite juicy for your fingertips.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) report that, “some 10 million American men – fully 7 percent of the male population – either cannot distinguish red from green, or see red and green differently from most people.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2008

You can then print a summary report to Excel of all of your hours for any time period, for any task, or for any client. Having all your communication with your clients be in one place, so there is never a question of when or if an e-mail was sent. All communication history is saved. Easily recording the time spent on each task.

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

No one wants you to report the weather. Most of the time, they tend to stand in the middle of the elevator, for easier access to exit. If you have a cold, make sure to cover your mouth and nose, even if you don’t have a tissue. That’s what The Weather Network is for. You will make your day and everyone else’s a better one.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

My boss tells me I should be able to write a letter or a report on something even if I dont know the subject that well. Read their letters and reports and see how they craft their words. .© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 16 November, 2008 Writing when you don’t know what you’re talking about. There is usually a pattern.

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JULY 12, 2010

Holgate is the Executive Assistant to the President, she also reports to the Director of Human Resources and manages a staff of four. On the night of the awards Lynn reports she was sitting at a table with nine of her colleagues from HPTI including the Senior Vice-President. Her family and friends were also very excited for her.

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JUNE 14, 2009

Meeting Materials To make it easier for the Chair and board members on the day of the meeting I set up the meeting materials in a binder in as user friendly a way as possible. I use the meeting agenda as an index with each item as a tab number. Than me That - when should you use it and when should you leave it out? vs. i.e.

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JANUARY 23, 2010

There was one particular group of orphan children that was brought to our attention by a Canadian news reporter. It is so sad, because you know children so young have no idea what is going on. All they want is to be taken care of and be loved by someone. But for the charity of an old woman who came to feed them, they had no one. vs. i.e.

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JULY 16, 2010

Make sure that tasks directly associated with clients come first, consider the financial impact of a project and its completion date on the company, don’t let deadlines control the priority list (expense reports can wait when there are more important tasks), and consider cause and effect (do A to enable B, which accomplishes C).

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

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NOVEMBER 9, 2008

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

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APRIL 22, 2009

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MAY 31, 2009

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JANUARY 10, 2010

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DECEMBER 12, 2009

Some organizations like you to list the attachments, i.e. Enclosure: 2008 Annual Report. If you say you have attachments, make sure they are there and indicate at the bottom of the letter that you have enclosures. If you are copying someone on the letter, make sure you send them a copy. vs. i.e.

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OCTOBER 4, 2008

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

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JANUARY 1, 2009

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JANUARY 31, 2009

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MARCH 1, 2009

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MARCH 21, 2009

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MAY 1, 2009

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JUNE 23, 2009

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JUNE 27, 2009

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AUGUST 22, 2009

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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FEBRUARY 13, 2010

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

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MARCH 20, 2010

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APRIL 5, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

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