Go Burrows

MARCH 20, 2022

The one inspiring and encouraging, the one helping make connections to thoughts, actions, plans, people, with purpose and intention. Her first job as a receptionist became the stepping stone to becoming an Admin Assistant, a Program Manager, an Event Manager, and over a decade as an Executive Assistant to C-Suite leaders.

Coaching 96

Coaching Mailing Leadership Mentoring 96

Insperity

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

As a small business owner or office manager, you’re likely already spread thin. A company with as few as ten employees can easily have sales representatives in four different states. Doing payroll is yet another task on your list of responsibilities.

Payroll 100

Payroll Software Mailing Administrative Assistance 100

SnackNation

MARCH 20, 2017

The Office Manager’s Guide to Asking for a Raise and Boosting Your Salary. 5 Rockstar Office Managers Reveal How to Land a Promotion, Earn More Respect, And Get Paid More Today. “I We found this fact echoed in our annual State of the Office Manager Report, a first-of-its-kind survey of office managers from across the U.S.

Salary 66

Salary Office Management Prioritization Sales 66

SnackNation

MAY 22, 2018

Planning an Office Move? Office moves start out exciting. You envision the finished product—everyone in your company working and thriving in a shiny new, perfectly organized office. The panic sets in when you realize you have to figure out how to move and organize everything in that shiny new office.

Planning 31

Planning Cleaning Purchasing Correspondence 31

SnackNation

MARCH 10, 2017

We found this fact echoed in our annual State of the Office Manager Report, a first-of-its-kind survey of office managers from across the U.S. Not only that, employees need a plan for how to get better in the areas that matter, something that reviews just aren’t designed to do. Growth Plans. Here’s why.

Planning 75

Planning Office Management Sales Reporting 75

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Once I ordered a bunch of purple ball point pens because they were on sale for the same price as the black/blue ones, so why not have something fun. I explained about the one-time sale price and that we didn’t have a budget to spend 5x more for a pretty colour, but those pens haunted me for months. Biggest mistake of my year.

Supplies 70

Supplies Purchasing Office Management Security 70

SnackNation

JUNE 19, 2017

Often, Admins take on front-line strategic functions traditionally relegated to HR or operations – things like onboarding new hires and event planning. Admins are also often tasked with managing company culture. Proper Etiquette. Admins interface with people every single day. All sorts of people.

Administrative Assistance 30

Administrative Assistance Problem-Solving Multitasking Bookkeeping 30

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

And then their sales rep Jane emailed me. Then their sales rep John emailed me. And Jane found our phone number and called the office manager asking for me. And found the name of one of the other project managers and called asking for him. Do I owe Office Manager and Project Manager an apology?

Insurance 36

Insurance Sales Salary Project Management 36

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But he returned in time for for the final day of the event, and had planned to use that day’s passes to take his father-in-law and two “young ladies” to the stadium. My mom left the deposition and went straight to her office manager/head secretary since she knew her firm (big one) was understaffed. He would not.)

Food 53

Food Customer Service Supplies Cleaning 53

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

We had a one-room completely open-office plan and all of us were on phones all day. ’ He excitedly told us we were going to sing this song at each meeting and he planned to hire a professional choreographer to create dance moves for it. The aggressive sales. 3) what bad knock-on effects could that cause?

Computer 46

Computer Sales Cubicle Purchasing 46

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

I work as an admin/office manager in an office of about 15. Overall it’s one of the greatest jobs I’ve ever had but sometimes there are the typical small office conflicts. Martha has asked about my goodbye happy hour plans. general office jobs, not food service or sales). Here we go….

Problem-Solving 35

Problem-Solving Interviewing Planning Equipment 35

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JULY 19, 2020

I work as a sales assistant to our sales team, so me keeping a cool head is very helpful (I think). Is it ever appropriate to tell coworkers about resignation plans yourself? I was planning to negate some of that with a longer, three-year stint at my most recent company. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

Sales 32

Sales Logistics Problem-Solving Communication 32

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JUNE 25, 2020

The good news is that I had earned my PHR certification (as planned! I really love answering questions, coaching managers, and building new processes. From there I worked as the office manager for a lovely, tiny temp agency, where my 4 wonderful coworkers restored my faith in humanity, the workplace, and myself.

Maintenance 26

Maintenance Software Flexibility Flexibility 26

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 16, 2016

Granted, most of the posts were on sites dealing with sales or sales jobs, and the position for which I interviewed wasn’t in sales, but now I’m curious: What do you think about this question and what employers might be looking for in an answer? I think it’s a crap question asked by crap interviewers.

Interviewing 22

Interviewing Retail Sales Security 22

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DECEMBER 2, 2018

He mentioned that he plans on taking the one employee designated holiday and the two sick days he has for this year at Christmas since he has to travel to see his family. My manager scratches his butt before high-fiving us. I am a supervisor for a retail store and work with a sales manager who is very big on high-fives as motivation.

Problem-Solving 28

Problem-Solving Retail Office Management Sales 28

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Bright and early Monday morning, Boss called Sansa, Arya and Office Manager into his office. My boss decided this would be the best approach and of course Office Manager and Sansa agreed. No big deal for me, as I don’t plan to bring anyone in to meet these people, ever.

Mentoring 21

Mentoring Interviewing Promotion Office Management 21

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AUGUST 25, 2019

I immediately went into crisis resolution mode and tried to figure out a plan B. I am an office manager in an office of 70-75 people. This isn’t a perk; it’s a marketing gimmick — a way to generate sales of tickets. However, in the morning, I realized that our department calendar said there was an 11 a.m.

Administrative Assistance 21

Administrative Assistance Interviewing Mailing Purchasing 21

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APRIL 5, 2022

I work in marketing (not sales). We also have a million different brand partnerships and our office manager brings in meals constantly (I literally just had a surprise breakfast crepe). They invited me for an interview and asked me to come by the day before for “testing.” Thanks for helping me out.”. – 2017.

Food 49

Food Interviewing Manufacturing Supplies 49