Question: “During my annual review, my boss suggested a membership in an administrative professionals’ organization. I've found a couple of them so far...
Recently, an admin wrote on our online forum (prapforum.typepad.com/)
that she felt swallowed whole by her job, doing work that had
originally been spread among five...
To some, a desk filled with personal photos and Beanie Babies is
unprofessional, not to mention distracting. For others, it’s a healthy
way to add a personal...
Q. We recently terminated an employee for inappropriate workplace behavior. About two weeks after his last day of work, I received a letter from him requesting a copy of...
Q. In addition to the official personnel files we keep in HR, our supervisors keep informal or working files. Is this allowed? Does this practice present any concerns?...
As summer winds down, the pace of work and life picks up. But living life at too fast a pace can hurt your career and your health. To find out if you need to reserve...
Even the fastest computer could profit from a few tricks that make everyday tasks easier or faster. Here are four free tools that HR professionals can benefit from ...
Some of our managers keep personnel files that they don’t share with HR. Basically, these are “journals” about their employees. Is that OK, or should...
In something straight out of “Benny Hill,” a New York City welfare office manager overseeing 21 Human Resources Administration employees terrorized her...
Q. I was interested in your recent article discussing reverifying employees' I-9 documents when they expire. Does this mean that if a worker shows a driver's license as...
Most of our workspaces are homely, not homey. But we spend more of our waking hours at work than at home, and workplace design has been shown to influence performance...
Question: We currently have a problem with documents that need several signatures
taking an unacceptable length of time to obtain those signatures.
I have...
Question: We are discussing how to alphabetize
our file folders, and our problem is twofold: First, some people are good about
putting files away as soon as...
