Dealing With Change In The Workplace
In today’s harsh economic climate, about the only thing that stays the same is change. Companies are downsizing, reorganizing, and rethinking everything they do. People are being laid off, duties are being passed around, and those left behind are dealing with the guilt and relief of not being on the chopping block. Let’s face it, [...]
Eating At Your Desk – Should You?
Should administrative support personnel eat at their desks? Some organizations allow it. Some don’t. Professionally, though, whether it’s allowed or not, is eating at our desks something we should do? Like many professional dilemmas, the answer is a resounding maybe. For some administrative support jobs, occasionally eating at your desk shouldn’t present a problem. For [...]
7 Posts You May Not Have Read
Those of you who know me will know that I’m an avid reader and huge fan of Problogger, a blog written by Darren Rowse on…well…blogging. Last week, Darren talked about reintroducing content that your readers may not have read. He called it the 7 Link Challenge. Well, I’m always up for a challenge, and I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Screening Sales Calls
Part of the executive or administrative assistant’s job is to screen incoming calls. The hardest ones to screen, sometimes are sales calls.
Office Supplies An Administrative Assistant Needs At Her Desk
Let’s face it, as executive and administrative assistants, we never seem to have enough space in our desk to keep everything we need. Space always seems to be at a minimum. It’s hard to keep everything we need handy and still keep our desks looking neat and organized. So what exactly do we need to [...]
Creating a Professional Voicemail Message
I think everyone can agree that first impressions are important. But what happens when that first impression is your voicemail greeting? We’ve all heard some of those greetings that sound like the person is eating while they talk. The ones where they only have, “Please leave a message for…(in a woman’s voice), John Doe…(in a [...]
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