Administrative
Assistant's
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CANADA'S OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF
When you've finished all of the
work on your plate, you probably start looking for something
to do. After all, no one wants to
look idle. But sometimes there
really is nothing to do—what
then? Admin Jodith Allen, writing for Monster.com, has these
suggestions.
• Reorganize your desk and
clean up.
• Review your files to make
sure everything is current
and properly labelled.
• Read through your contacts
and update the information.
Add in little bits of information that you have learned
about the person since you
first added them to your
contacts list.
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Convincing your boss
Solid business arguments for social media
Are you having trouble convincing your
manager that your
organization needs
to invest more time,
effort and money in
social media?
Business management expert Mark
Schaefer has five
reasons that should,
he says, "convince even the last
hold-out to get on
board."
Ya-who? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Yahoo bans working from home.
Google searches
include social media
When customers want to find your
firm, how many of them start by
looking for you on Google? Probably a large percentage.
One of the biggest changes
made recently to search engines
like Google is that they now incorporate social media in their search
results.
So companies that have content
constantly being uploaded and
shared through Twitter, Facebook
and other social media sites will
have the best Google results. Companies with a stagnant website that
is rarely updated will drop to the
bottom, where potential customers
can't see them.
Grammar quiz . . . . . . . . . . 6
Test your word power with George
Pearson's grammar quiz.
Facebook is the Internet
Schaefer says that people often
ask him "what will be the new
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Be job-search ready . . . . . . 3
If it happens, you want to make
sure your skills and your resume
are up to date.
Keep it clean . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Need a reason to clean your
workspace? Here are five.
MAY 2013
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What to do
when there's
nothing to do
UPDATE
Facebook?" Facebook, he argues,
is the Internet. By that he means
that Facebook is fast becoming
the place where people park their
photos, conversations and other
online resources. People in the
up-and-coming demographic (age
13 to 24) who will soon be your
customers, spend a lot of time on
Facebook. More than 80 per cent
of Americans aged 13 to 24 are
on the website and nearly half
use Facebook every day. The use
of Facebook is spreading beyond
that demographic and into every
country around the world. Schaefer
calls Facebook "the largest media
entity in history."
Increasingly, Facebook is the
way people find companies and
products so it makes sense to create your presence on the site and
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