Ten Tips To Strengthen Your People Skills

This post is provided by Stansbury Staffing, a women-owned boutique firm committed to providing direct hire, temporary to hire and temporary staffing solutions.  For more information please visit their website at http://www.stansburystaffing.com/.
 
If you’ve thought that people skills could not be much of an issue in determining your own success on the job, think again. [...]

Admin Buddies

This post was written by Patricia Robb, author of Laughing All The Way To Work: A Survival Guide For Today’s Administrative Assistant. For more great tips please visit her website at www.secretaryhelpline.blogspot.com.
ADMIN BUDDIES

I like to have someone at work that I can buddy with. It works well when it is a co-worker [...]

Are You Prepared?

 
This post was written by Patricia Robb, author of Laughing All The Way To Work: A Survival Guide For Today’s Administrative Assistant. For more great tips please visit her website at www.secretaryhelpline.blogspot.com.
 Are you prepared?  
I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through [...]

How To Be Brave In The Face Of Layoffs

If you’re like me, and millions of administrative assistants in the world, you’re probably finding yourself in a very vulnerable predicament. Your company may be scheduled to conduct another wave of layoffs. You question your skills as the flood of qualified candidates hit the discriminating job market. You’re staring at the foreboding cloud of the [...]

When To Use A Colon In Your Business Letter Greeting

 
When is it appropriate to use a colon in your letters? The easy answer is – in your business letters! If you’re writing to a business, follow their names with a colon. If you’re writing a personal letter, use a comma.
 Business Letter:     Dear Mary Santos:
  Personal Letter:     Dear Mary Santos,
  
If you’re writing a letter [...]

Never Use ATTN In Your Business Letters

It doesn’t matter whether you’re employed by a large corporation or helping a small business grow. When writing business letters to clients you have to make sure you address everyone correctly. Here are some simple rules to follow when using “Attention” in your correspondence.
 
1. NEVER use ATTN:
 - The word “Attention” should always be spelled [...]

Excel 2007 | How To Put In Error Bars

 
This is a great and simple tip for creating error bars in your spreadsheet. We provided both step-by-step instructions you can download as well as screen shots of each step.
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HOW TO PUT IN ERROR BARS IN EXCEL
1. Click to select the chart.
2. Click on “Chart [...]

The Fastest Way To Make Your Boss Look Bad In A Business Letter

  
Remember that your job is to make your boss look good.
You have to use every advantage you can find to communicate your manager’s professionalism, experience and importance. Business letters are not an exception to this rule.
The most common way people undermine their manager’s status is by abbreviating their titles in a letter. Abbreviating someone’s title makes [...]

PowerPoint 2007 | How To Show Markup And Review Comments

Just like Word, you can track changes on your PowerPoint presentations. Use this tip if multiple people are editing your slideshow.
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HOW TO SHOW MARKUPS AND REVIEW COMMENTS IN [...]

Powerpoint 2007 | How To Delay Start Of Movie

If you have a video in your PowerPoint presentation, program it to start a few seconds after the slide’s opened. This gives you the opportunity to prepare your audience about the video they’re about to view. You can also time your video to start at a time your audience least expects. This tip is a [...]

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