Links Roundup – July 16, 2007
Here we go again. All of the links and tips I’ve shared recently on Twitter (or at least those I thought you might find interesting). What I’m Reading: 25 Things a Professional Woman Should Never Wear – Admin Secret adminsecret.monst… What I’m Reading: Add a Linear Regression Trendline to an Excel Scatter Plot online-tech-tips…. RT [...]
Maintaining Your Office Supply Cabinet Part 3
In my last post on this topic, I talked about various folder options, tapes and clips. In this post, we’ll talk about desk set items that you should keep in the supply closet, media to have on hand, and other miscellaneous items needed. Desk Set Items Let’s face it, desk set items like staplers, hole [...]
Becoming a Project Manager
While being an Administrative or Executive Assistant is, for many of us, a career goal in itself, many assistants desire to grow into other careers. One job I’ve personally seen a number of assistants grow into is Project Management. What Is Project Management Project Management, in a nutshell, is about planning, organizing and managing the [...]
Weekly Links Roundup
Here’s the latest roundup of links I’ve shared on Twitter. You can follow me on Twitter as AdmnArts for my business related tweets, and as Jodith for my personal, political, and spiritual tweets. What I’m Reading: Avoiding Common Workplace Hazards and Injuries: Eyestrain | Human Resources Management | OfficeArrow officearrow.com/h… What I’m Reading: Hey Intern [...]
Maintaining Your Office Supply Cabinet Part 2
In my last post on maintaining office supplies, I talked about writing instruments and paper. Let’s continue on with other supplies you need in your office supply cabinet. Folders The types of folders you need to keep in your stock will depend on your particular office. At the very least, you need a supply of [...]
Links Roundup June 23, 2009
Time for another roundup of links I’ve posted through Twitter. If you want to follow me through twitter, I have two accounts: Admnarts is for my business/administrative support type tweets, and Jodith is for my personal/spiritual/political tweets. What I’m Reading: Break it Up: How to Deal With Employee Conflicts | Business Management Strategies & Workplace [...]
Should You Text Your Boss?
photo credit: ydhsu While perusing the many blogs that I follow, I saw this blog post on LifeHacker about the etiquette of texting your boss. It started me thinking about how much technology has changed during my career and how we respond to it as Administrative and Executive Assistants. Using text messages is a good [...]
Maintaining Your Office Supply Cabinet
Most of the time when we take a new administrative assistant or executive assistant position, part of our job duties is to order and maintain office supplies. Often, there is an already existing office supply cabinet, and we simply take note of what is currently used and reorder as necessary. If you have to set [...]
Ask the Admin: Managing E-mail for the Boss
This question came from Jody: Did you get any feedback on how assistants typically work with their boss’ email? My boss has never had anyone help him with his vast quantities of email and I am wondering where to look for best practices. I did not get any comments on the post I previously wrote [...]
How To Find Your Electronic Files Faster
In Part 5 of Setting Up a Filing System, I said I’d show you how to set up Windows Explorer to help you find your files faster. Many of you may know Windows Explorer as My Computer, since that is the name Windows gives the shortcut. Windows Explorer Default View The default view of files [...]
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