Ask the Admin: Becoming a Virtual Assistant
I received this e-mail from Andrea:
On my personal day off, I’ve been thinking about leaving my cubicle assistant job–where I’m basically working as assistant for a bank via a real-estate holding company–and making it a start-up business for myself. I want to become a virtual admin assistant with an added value of research assistant (so [...]
Ask the Admin – What More Do I Need?
I received this e-mail from Kathy:
I have a AA in Business Administration with a concentration in management, a bookkeeping diploma and a administrative assistant diploma and I still have a hard time getting an administrative assistant job. As for experience I would say i have the bear minimum because of where I live. What do [...]
Ask the Admin: Staying in Touch While Traveling
Lisa sent me the following e-mail:
Do you have any tips or advice for communicating daily, weekly or priority items when traveling for weeks at a time.
Thanks for your e-mail, Lisa. As it happens, I worked for 3 years for one boss who traveled almost 50% of his time, so I learned a great deal about [...]
Ask the Admin: Dealing With a Difficult Boss
Today we have another question from a reader: how do you handle a difficult boss? Here’s the e-mail I received:
How do you deal with a boss who’s not only moody, but crazy?
I swear she must be bi-polar. She will fly off the handle at the smallest thing – and everything in the world [...]
Ask the Admin: Scheduling Tasks for Others
And we have another question about Microsoft Outlook, this time about scheduling e-mails. Json asked in his e-mail:
Hi I read your article about setting up recurring tasks and wonder if there is any way to do automatic email reminders to my staff. My staff members have tasks with different due dates. For [...]
Ask the Admin: Set up Recurring Tasks at 8 Month Intervals
I had a question stemming from my post on setting up recurring tasks in Microsoft Outlook. Pierre wants to know how to set up a task to recur at 8 month intervals.
This is actually quite easy. If you look at the Task Recurrence Window:
If you choose Monthly as the recurrence period, you’ll see that you [...]
Ask the Admin: Writing a Resignation Letter
Regardless of why you’re quitting your job, you always want to leave on a good note. Even if your boss is the worst in the world and has made your life a living hell, remember to always, always, always leave a good impression behind you. You never know when you’ll need a reference or perhaps [...]
Ask the Admin: Watermarks in MS Word Part II
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In my last post, I showed you how to make a graphic into a watermark in Microsoft Word. Today, I’ll show you how to do the same thing with text using WordArt. The reason we use WordArt is because a text box does [...]
New Job? What to do on your first day
So, you’re starting a new job as an Administrative or Executive Assistant. What do you do to make sure you start off on the right foot and are able to hit the ground running?
First Things First
Your first task should be to sit down with your new boss and find out exactly what he/she expects. Some [...]
Ask the Admin – International Travel Arrangements
I had an e-mail this morning from someone who is recently laid off and wants some advice to be able to take her career to the next step. She says”
I have been looking for a new position in the Atlanta area for the past couple of days now. I have realized in order for me [...]
