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JUNE 23, 2015

A reader writes: I got to work at the beginning of this week to find a pre-printed invitation to our administrative assistant’s annual 4th of July party sitting on my desk. I think she could have either emailed each individual, or ideally, snail-mailed an invitation to the homes of the individuals she wished to invite.

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

And I was kind of always brought in as like an assistant right like there she’s going to help with I mean, this was back in the days of like, filing and just you know, sending out paperwork and handling mail. What’s what’s kind of one takeaway? Or one tidbit?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Am I really responsible for my boss’s other business partner getting his mail? I work for a small business as the administrative assistant. I assist 16 people, four of whome are the company’s owners. He, however, handles that mail and I do nothing more than put it in his mail box.) As an A.A.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

I have been at my new job as an administrative assistant for just over two months. Should I mail a copy of my resume after applying online? Nope, definitely do not mail your materials. If you mail them, it will look odd (why are you applying again when you’re already in their system from when you applied online?)

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JANUARY 17, 2017

This took place over the course of about a year and half, during which time none of them ever truly took on all of the work that they should have and I was expected to train and assist each new hire, while also making sure what they never got to was completed.

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JUNE 21, 2016

My dilemma is I didn’t list my law degree on my resume or application for an administrative assistant in a hospital ethics and compliance department. I hid my law degree from my employer but now want a promotion that would require it.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

When I asked our administrative assistant to create an overnight shipping label, I checked the deadline, for some reason did not see a particular time specified, and requested delivery by noon. That said, this week I made one of the most serious mistakes of my professional life. I am an office manager in an office of 70-75 people.

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MARCH 30, 2022

First day she walks up to the administrative assistant and asks for a list of who she gets to “boss around” (in those terms). Anything over a certain amount, or including items needing special approval, would trigger and e-mail asking for me to review and provide approval. Later on that day I get an e-mail from the supplier….Erma

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