Many small businesses need help in setting up new equipment or have problems with other purchases, prompting them to contact customer service. This could be issues with computers, software, or assembling furniture. The idea is for customer service to provide guidance or solutions to the problem, which seems simple, but oftentimes customer service representatives don’t […]
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Businesses of all sizes need to pay their bills on a regular basis to maintain a good reputation in the marketplace and stay afloat. A small business needs to be savvy in paying bills, even with a computerized system. You don’t want to pay too slow or too fast — the idea is to pay
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Calling in sick can be very stressful on an employee. People experience severe anxiety, and several questions come to to mind. “Is my boss going to fire me for missing a day?” “Will my work get done?” “Will they believe that I am sick?” These anxiety filled questions are made even worse when you are
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Many people use their personal car for work purposes, and they get reimbursed mileage and wear and tear. However, many employees do not realize that when they drive their car for work, (especially when they have other people in their vehicle), they need to have special car insurance. This type of car insurance protects them
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One of the best perks of working in an office is forming friendships with coworkers. For many, your good friends will be people you met at work, but that doesn’t mean that all of your coworkers will be your friends. Although some of them might be your true friends, others might only be pretending to
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Working with family members is commonplace, whether it’s in a capacity of a partnership or a boss/employee situation. And it can be a rewarding experience to work with family members but there will likely be challenges and complications involved. With a few strategies implemented and actions taken, however, solving these challenges will not only be doable
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Though it may seem obvious, one of the easiest ways for companies to improve employee happiness and morale is to maintain a clean, well-kept office environment. Research has even linked a clean office with increased productivity – as such, businesses have every incentive to keep workspaces tidy. One of the most important aspects of maintaining
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PDFs are one of the most useful and reliable file types for communications, invoices, and so much more. In fact, you probably deal with at least a few every week. However, they can also be one of the most frustrating files when it comes to editing. How many times have you worked with a PDF
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Being an executive assistant is an arduous, and often thankless job. It’s easy to overlook how important executive assistants are in nearly every major industry. They’re the cogs that turn the gears, and make sure everything is running smoothly. Being a good executive assistant requires patience, flexibility, tremendous communication skills, and an old fashioned, hard
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It happens. Perhaps you downplayed your accomplishments during the interview enough to slip through the screening process. Now you’re paying the price—growing cynical in a position you thought you graduated from years ago. Or it could be you started out on the right foot, once upon a time. But now you’ve outgrown your position and
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