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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

How To Play Sound Across Multiple Slides

This is a great tip for playing sounds (music or narration) across many slides. Whether it’s music or narration, having sound play across your presentation will not only save you time but give your presentation an edge above your competitors. As always, let us what you need help with. You can receive updates automatically via email [...]

Word 2007 | How To Insert Track Changes

    Track changes are used in a document if it’s going to be altered many times. This feature allows you to “track the changes” and go back to the original if you need to. It’s a great tool for contracts, memos, announcements etc. Hope you find this tip useful!   As always, let us know if [...]

Excel 2007 | How To Minimize The Ribbon

   Great tip for creating more space in your spreadsheet is to minimize your ribbon. As you add more data to your spreadsheet, all the space saved is valuable. Try this tip to free up some space! DOWNLOAD THE STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS HERE: Excel 2007 | Minimize The Ribbon (PDF)   HOW TO MINIMIZE THE RIBBON [...]

Excel 2007 | Split Information Across Multiple Cells

  This excel tip is useful for common tasks as an administrative assistant. Learn to easily split information across multiple cells in excel. The most common use for this is splitting first and last names, phone numbers, titles etc. Follow the simple steps below and you’ll find how easy it is. The PDF  instructions is a great [...]

Powerpoint 2007 | How To Add A Footer To A Slide

   This is a really cool trick to help kick your presentation up a knotch. Put a footer in all your slides to give it that edge or send the same message throughout your presentation. As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. You can receive these updates automatically through [...]

Excel 2007 | How To Insert A Pop-Up Picture In A Cell

Pop-ups in your Excel spreadsheet make your document look more alive. Use this quick tip to help spice up your presentation! As always, let us know if there are things you need help with. You can receive these updates automatically through email by clicking below: Subscribe to admins4admins.com by Email HOW TO INSERT A POP-UP [...]

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