Career – Page 177 – Administrative Professional Today

Health corner: Position yourself to avoid strain

February 1, 2008 Categorized in: Personal Development

About 70 percent of American workers sit on the job. That helps explain the explosion in neck and back pain complaints among employees in recent years.

Want good treatment? Be a better customer

January 1, 2008 Categorized in: Personal Development

Want to be the sort of customer who gets priority treatment? Who regularly gets a supplier to lower their price when your exec asks for budget cuts, or compels the barista to add more whipped cream to her mocha lattés? Stick to these five behaviors that, in vendors’ eyes, make for a good customer, says Harvard Business School professor John Quelch.

The business lunch: 5 etiquette rules

November 1, 2007 Categorized in: Advancement, Internal Communication, Workplace Etiquette

Whether you’re dining with peers at a convention or meeting with a vendor, lunch etiquette can keep you from marring your image with a faux pas. Here are five etiquette rules for business meals, according to Robin Jay, author of The Art of the Business Lunch:

Cap your conference with a post-con

October 1, 2007 Categorized in: Internal Communication, Meetings, Personal Development, Skills Check, Writing/Editing

Your big conference went off without a hitch. In fact, it went so smoothly, your boss might not realize how well you handled everything.

Soft skills trump technical skills

July 1, 2007 Categorized in: Internal Communication, Negotiating, Personal Development

Good communication skills are more valuable than knowing PowerPoint inside and out, according to a new survey, in which 67% of human resources managers said they would hire an admin with strong soft skills even if their technical abilities were lacking.

Steer clear of plagiarism

July 1, 2007 Categorized in: Personal Development

Steer clear of plagiarism by always requesting permission to reproduce something you’ve found on a copyrighted web page.

Getting a ‘tough’ boss to dish out praise

July 1, 2007 Categorized in: Managing the Boss, Recognition, Supervising

Some bosses can’t bring themselves to say, “Good job!” Maybe they think they’re too busy. Maybe they don’t know how. Maybe they just don’t believe people need to be told. For those misguided bosses, we recommend The Carrot Principle.