Administrative Professional Today

The administrative professional’s guide to accelerated career development. Administrative Professional Today offers practical advice on office efficiency, politics, communication skills, time management, supervisory problems and technology. The monthly issues and weekly electronic forum give special attention to the changing duties of administrative professionals in today’s business environment. Learn more about Administrative Professional Today and the two free reports you’ll get when you subscribe...

A podcast can turn a morning commute into a chance to work on your professional goals. And it’s completely free.

Some of the best for administrative professionals:

• Your Money Matters: http://online.wsj.com/public/page/podcast.html
Advice on budgeting, credit card debt, college tuition and retirement.

• Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com
Perhaps the best grammar podcast, it answers questions such as “When can you end a sentence with a preposition?”

• Manager Tools: http://www.manager-tools.com
Not just for managers, this podcast offers reliable workplace advice, such as how to conduct an internal interview or give effective feedback.

• Career Podcast Series by Robert Half International: http://www.workvine.com/podcast.html
Employment news and trends.

• Get it Done Guy’s Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More: http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com
Topics include how to keep your focus at the computer, how to keep track of links and references and how to get through a backlog of reading.