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 [...]
Easily Manage Time Zones
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Does your boss do a lot of international business? Does your company do business all over the world? Then you’ve probably dealt with the dilemma of trying to set up international conference calls, or arranging a business call with a client or colleague in another country or on another continent. With all [...]
Save Money on Business Travel
With the economy in turmoil, more pressure than ever is being put on companies to cut expenses and save money. Although new technology is making conference calls and video conferences more accessible, employees still have the need to travel for business at times. As an administrative assistant, it’s your responsibility to find the most cost effective [...]
Responsibilities While the Boss is Traveling
What are an assistant’s responsibilities while the boss is traveling, especially if she is traveling internationally?
Your responsibilities are going to vary depending on your boss. It’s a good idea to talk to you boss before she travels to get an idea of what she expects. The main question to answer is whether she wants you available [...]
Travel Dangers
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Traveling can be so annoying sometimes, and it’s nice to have company when traveling to take the edge off. However, when booking travel for executives, you need to remember a general rule: all of your executives should not travel together.
Why you ask? It’s a rather morbid consideration, but an important one. [...]
Understanding Airline Bumping
You spend so much time setting up flight arrangements just to find out at the last minute that your boss has been bumped. OfficeArrow has a great post about airline bumping and the consumer’s rights. You’re probably thinking that I’ve now got a bunch of tips to supplement the article, but you know what? I [...]
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 [...]
Travel Arrangements to Wow Any Boss, Part Three: International Travel
While international travel requires all the same steps as domestic travel, it holds some unique pitfalls of which the administrative assistant should be aware.
Time zone issues, specifically date issues. It is not unusual when traveling to another continent that you will leave on one date and arrive on another date. Don’t make the [...]
Travel Arrangements to Wow Any Boss, Part Two: The Itinerary
Think about the last time you were traveling, how many pieces of paper you had to keep up with: ticket, boarding pass, hotel confirmation, rental car confirmation, upgrade confirmation. Wouldn’t it be great to have all those things on one sheet of paper? That’s where making a great travel itinerary comes in!
I [...]
Travel Arrangements to Wow any Boss, Part One
When I first started interviewing for Admin Asst positions, I didn’t put travel arrangements on my resume. I mean, any idiot can make travel arrangements, can’t they? But then on every interview, I was asked about my ability to handle travel arrangements. I finally figured out that there is an art to [...]
