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Revealing the Contrasts between Assistant and Office Management Roles

The Office Management Group

In the dynamic world of office environments, roles may seem interchangeable at first glance, but a closer inspection reveals distinct differences between an assistant and an office manager. The issue is that most people still seem to be able to grasp an assistant, or an admin role more than they can an office management one.

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You Can Avoid Multitasking When You Focus on These 3 Things

Productivityist

Dozens of projects have taught us that this sequence: before code, design; before design, content; before content, perhaps a photo shoot or set of interview questions to generate team bios; or, perhaps the office manager has high-red headshots somewhere but she’s on sabbatical in rural Thailand. Stop multitasking. I feel better.

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Positioning Administrative Employees For Internal Growth

The Receptionist

Identifying skills and individual strengths Redefining roles Strategies for implementation Tangible ROI Identifying Skills and Individual Strengths People in admin roles tend to have exceptional communication, organization, multitasking, problem-solving, and relationship management skills. And those are only scraping the surface.

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24 Office Manager Gifts That Are Better Than a Gift Card

SnackNation

24 Office Manager Gifts That Are Better Than a Gift Card. Gifts for the Office Manager (OM) should be as multitasking, versatile, and fabulous as the recipient. This is the person who keeps your office running as well as a Tokyo train system, after all!). Gifts for Office Manager: The Organized Office Guru.

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The 13 Undeniable Skills of a Rockstar Administrative Assistant

SnackNation

Like Office Managers , Admins are one of the few people in a company (other than perhaps the CEO or senior HR staff) that deal with employees at every level. Multitasking. In the past, we’ve argued that multitasking is a myth that destroys productivity. Proper Etiquette. Admins interface with people every single day.

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What You Need to Know About the Administrative Job Title Hierarchy

SnackNation

Experienced admins may find themselves asking questions, such as: What different things do Administrative Officers and Administrative Supervisors typically do? Officers usually manage processes while Supervisors manage processes but also other employees.). Office Coordinator. Office Administrator.

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Live chat: the good and the bad.

Ruby

People in the survey rated chat highly because it helped them get their questions answered immediately, access information faster, and multitask while having a customer service conversation. For contrast, 61% of the same group were satisfied with email communication and only 44% got what they wanted from phone calls.