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OCTOBER 25, 2015

He sent the email to our office manager, the head of HR, one of the VP’s, and the president of the company. Our office manager did not get it because the employee sent it to the wrong address, but everyone else got it. I stated with my company eight months ago as the office manager. You will NOT!

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

In a serviced office, the service and support elements are still foundational, meaning you’ve got an on-site team that handles office management. Business Support Services When it comes to a serviced office vs coworking space for business support services, both offer great options.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

She is very personable and a great networker but has chosen to network best with me and I would say communicated far more with me than any other staff. He has an office manager who runs the day to day business. My father depends on her totally to run the office, dispatch employees, and handle all bookkeeping.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2015

My work experience was in event planning and promotion (2 years) and communications (2 years). The position I was applying for was purely for communications (though a good portion is in event promotion, which I didn’t know at the time). It sounds like you prefer initials or a nickname. Either of those is fine.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

We work in an open office plan, and I worry that people get the wrong impression when they see me with multiple tabs of twitter feeds and blog posts open when they walk by. I do not work in communications (our organization has a communications team, but individual programs manage their own social media accounts).

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AUGUST 14, 2022

When we met with the department head about this, he apologized and indicated that communication was the issue. With this in mind, I have mainly been applying to executive assistant, office manager, or paralegal positions (my state requires nothing besides a college degree to be a paralegal). I mean, I guess, yes?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

If not, then your office needs a policy that food for meetings is off-limits to non-attendees until the food is relocated to the kitchen afterwards, and you or whoever has the standing to do this needs to enforce it. Plus, from a purely practical standpoint, they’re run into some legal issues if they suddenly withdrew the offer after this.).

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JULY 7, 2020

I am still employed, and while I serve on the leadership team and was consulted on how the process should be handled, the communication about the layoffs came from our executive director. I am concerned because I think this mixed communication is really confusing people. Aggggh, your ED. But you can and should try.

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JULY 17, 2018

Will it reflect badly on her if she gets the job, and doesn’t write this way in emails, memos, and other written communications that are part of a non-writing job? Or do hiring managers understand that candidates may get a lot of help on their cover letters, especially if they are weak writers?

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

We also really put a premium on good communication skills; we get a lot of candidates with sloppy written materials or no cover letter or who don’t follow application instructions, so you might encourage your referrals to pay attention to those things as well.”. Following up on a raise request.

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