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Top 10 Reasons You Should Try Thrive Workplace

Thrive Workplace

FURNITURE Setting up an office with the right furniture can be a significant expense and logistical challenge. ADDITIONAL SERVICES Thrive sets itself apart from its competitors with a full services division dedicated to member-only administrative assistance.

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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics Blog

Are you logically thinking through the logistics and allowing your executive enough time to get from point A to point B. The post Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking appeared first on Office Dynamics - Executive And Administrative Assistant Training. Logically look at the entire week.

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unexpected gift card, suspect meat in the cafeteria, and more

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This employee has had difficult events in her personal life a year ago (a messy divorce and all the difficult logistics that go with that), and has stated that this combined with the performance process is causing her stress and further impacting her performance. For example, I was told that I would be liaison to student senate.

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what to say to an employee who’s requesting too much time off, training the person who’s taking your job, and more

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I’m applying to a job as a shipping / logistics coordinator for a company that essentially makes film bookings in movie theaters on behalf of the general public. I applied for a administrative assistant position. Can my cover letter mention that I know a lot about this field from talking with my husband, who works in it?

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can I give more feedback to someone I recently fired, having to contact multiple people when calling in sick, and more

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I was hired through a temporary agency as an administrative assistant for a large logistics firm. ” 4. I was let go through a temp agency with no warning. This was a new position created based on the business expanding, and I was told this would be a permanent position rather than temporary or temp to hire.

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I was laid off and now my manager wants my help, I don’t want my company car, and more

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I manage about 15 events every 12 weeks (each event being 3-4 days long) and am in charge of every aspect of the events (on-site logistics, travel, venue accommodations, food and events, agenda and educational sessions, sponsors, speakers…the list goes on). You can’t stay in the job forever waiting for the right time to leave.