Technology
Issue: November / December 2015

Mail Merge Rules, OK!

By - November 25, 2015

Make the world of mail merge work for you with Marie Herman’s advanced guide
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Issue: November / December 2015

Creating an Engaging LinkedIn Profile

By - November 25, 2015

Don’t let your online presence slip through the net, says Kathleen Drum
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Issue: September / October 2015

The (Not So) Secret Diary of a Blogger

By - September 25, 2015

Claire Lister unravels the mysteries of online blogging
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Issue: July / August 2015

Up Your Social Media Ante

By - July 25, 2015

Claire Lister shares her top tips for top tweets and posts
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Issue: July / August 2015

How to Bring Your Personality into Your LinkedIn Profile!

By - July 25, 2015

A little humor goes a long way says Brenda Bernstein
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Issue: March / April 2015

Subject Line, not Surprise Line

By - March 25, 2015

Shirley Taylor explains how to create better email subject lines that get your emails opened
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Issue: March / April 2015

Social Media and the Job-hunter

By - March 25, 2015

According to research carried out by the company I work for, Randstad Business Support, just two in 10 job candidates tailor their LinkedIn profile when going for new jobs. But more than three-fifths remember to make their CV relevant for specific posts. Three-quarters of applicants are comfortable with future employees viewing their online profiles.  ... Read more »
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Issue: March / April 2014

Format documents in minutes, using Word Styles, Style Sets & Themes

By - March 25, 2014

As a former PA turned small business owner, I’ve always worn multiple hats says Vickie Sokol Evans Like you, I need to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks and that I’m working at my top speed. This includes automating my process for creating proposals, project plans and other Word documents, by using Styles,... Read more »
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Issue: January / February 2014

Get Connected: 7 Reasons Why All Admins Need Social Media

By - January 25, 2014

Social media is an omnipresent part of our society and culture. It’s a valuable and important means of communication for personal and professional correspondence. It’s a lifeline for many people’s and companies’ marketing and branding efforts. And it’s vital to your administrative career. Yet astoundingly many admins still don’t recognize the value in social media.... Read more »
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Issue: January / February 2014

New Year New Office: Improve your Outlook for 2014

By - January 25, 2014

Each year, most of us start the New Year in the same fashion: looking back over the last few years, trying to focus our direction in life and writing those all-important resolutions. Yet how many of us actually put personal development on that list? How many of us look at the ways in which we... Read more »
Technology
Issue: November / December 2013

Don’t Let Technology Rule

By - November 25, 2013

Time is the only issue we have absolutely no control over, it ticks relentlessly by, second on second, minute on minute. It is precious, so precious we all want more of it and it is the one commodity we cannot buy, the one issue that stops for no one. The pace of our lives is... Read more »
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Issue: November / December 2013

How I can see your Facebook posts even if we aren’t connected

By - November 25, 2013

Unless you’re part of my family, a close friend of mine, a classmate, old boyfriend or someone I’m stalking, I’m pretty sure that we aren’t connected on Facebook says Vickie Sokol Evans Yet. But if you email me it’s quite possible (and scary) that I can see that you’re leaving for a 7-day cruise vacation... Read more »
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Issue: November / December 2013

The Ultimate App Guide for Assistants

By - November 25, 2013

Like a lot of us these days I am glued to my iPhone and I have a lot of my life on my iPad. If I’m honest, I am really just lost without them (sometimes I am literally lost without them thanks to my dependence on Google maps to get me around!) I use my... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2013

An Introduction to Instagram

By - September 25, 2013

Alicia Rittenhouse looks at how you can use Instagram within your business to build its brand. Social media and networking doesn’t have to be all about status updates and sharing links. After all – it is called social media. Think of how you can creatively engage with your friends and followers through images and video.... Read more »
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Issue: September / October 2013

Email Security

By - September 25, 2013

Dr Monica Seeley’s top tips on creating and maintaining email security As an Assistant you are often privy to highly confidential information. Yet email is one of the easiest ways to leak information quite by accident. Five common ways to breach security and confidentiality through email are: 1 Sending an email to the wrong addressee... Read more »
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Issue: July / August 2013

Plan for a Disaster – Don’t Pay Until it Happens

By - July 25, 2013

How businesses can protect their business IT infrastructure, mitigate risk and keep costs to a minimum Whilst stories of businesses being affected by natural disasters grab the headlines, it is the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks that has helped move IT disaster recovery planning up the agenda for business managers. No plan. No excuse IT disaster... Read more »