1-Minute Strategies: May ’23
Rethink your video-call backdrop … Sync your note-taking apps with other tools … Check out ergonomic office products
Category: Career
A guide to navigating service animals at work
According to a recent EEOC ADA lawsuit, disabled workers who need their service animals at work are entitled to have those animals available during their workday as a reasonable accommodation or to help disabled workers overcome barriers to employment like getting to work with a service animal’s assistance.
Witnessed wrongdoing? Here’s what to do
Knowing how to respond to misconduct before you face it is essential for your long-term career and peace of mind.
OOO? Here’s how to prep office for your vacation or other absence
Few announcements generate more worry in the office than the news that the administrative assistant will be away for a week or two on vacation. How can you allay the fears and prepare the team for your absence?
Rethinking medical travel benefits for reproductive care
The issue is well worth monitoring if you are an executive assistant or administrative assistant, not only to understand your own benefits, but also because work colleagues may ask you about it when they might be afraid to ask others.
1-Minute Strategies: April ’23
Check out Monday.com … Is your head spinning after a big meeting? … Consider a corporate coach
How to get your boss to sign off on training
Your job is to convince those at the top that the training expenses will pay off in the future. There are a few ways you can go about getting your boss to sign off on training programs.
Microsoft Teams: Tags, commands and tasks
Tags in Teams … Teams commands fix capitalization in subheads … Create a task from a Teams message
Office employment weakens to end year
Trends in office hiring ended 2022 on a negative note, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Relieving stress at work
Workplace stress is at an all-time high, with 94% of workers reporting feeling stress on the job, which causes a whopping 1 million Americans to miss work each day. Anyone with a job can likely attest to this, as it’s normal to experience stressful situations at work, even if you love what you do.