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We're very excited to announce a new partnership with agreeAdate! They will be offering AdminSecret members 25% off the cost of their upgraded service - but the normal service is totally free, so user-friendly and easy for participants. How does agreeAdate work? agreeAdate will send a personalised email invitation to your invitees containing a link to your reply page. The form ...

New to shelves are a young woman's eye-opening journey out of Mexico, a compelling portrait of India, soul-searching tales out of Nigeria, and a coming-of-age story set in Pakistan. *Into the Beautiful North*, by Luis Alberto Urrea, Little, Brown, 342 pp., $24.99.As she trudges out of her humble Mexican village and into the beautiful north of "Los Yunaites" (the USA) in ...

I was introduced to Google when I went back to work as an assistant in a law firm in Ottawa. I had taken time off to raise my daughter and when I came back computer technology had gone from DOS to Windows and the Internet was becoming very popular. I shied away from it however. I was happy just to know ...

 Have you ever found that the people most guilty of unruly behavior at work are also the ones who are most oblivious to their behavior? Take Fred, for example. Fred is the guy who asks you to "help" him with a big presentation (aka, you do the whole thing). But when Fred is congratulated on a job well done, he takes ...

SEATTLE — Microsoft said Thursday that prices for the Windows 7 computer operating system are largely in line with those for Vista, and that people who buy PCs before the new system goes on sale in October will get free upgrades. To drum up demand among people who aren't in the market for a new PC, Microsoft also said it is ...

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With summer approaching quickly, here in Boston we've had a good amount of sun and the kind of temperatures that beg you to open the windows and feel the breeze. As the weather warms, I typically start craving different things. The outdoors, for instance! And instead of stews and soups, I want salads or sushi. Instead of Shiraz, I want sangria. ...

Those hazy, lazy days of summer can make a business suit feel as comfortable as a suit of armor. Fortunately, you can make a professional statement and still beat the heat with these tips. How Casual Is Summer Business-Casual? Even some of the most formal workplaces — such as those within the financial and legal industries — now institute a "casual ...

Imagine it. You’re watching Friends on prime time and wearing Doc Martins, Snapple iced tea in hand. In front of you is a box of fat free Snackwell’s cookies. Ah, the 90’s. It made perfect sense. We were all going to get fat unless we stopped eating foods that contained fat! Perfect logic. The fat free craze didn’t begin in the ...

Editor's note: As administrative professionals, we have to be skilled at many things, including the art of conversation, knowledge of international politics, as well as meeting planning, scheduling, and filing. An admin might be tested on her knowledge of international politics on a phone call with a client, and since technology is such a huge aspect of the administrative profession, we ...

The sink's tap is dirtier and carries more harmful bugs than the toilet handle in millions of offices and homes, research has found. And 80 per cent of the cloths used to wipe down kitchen surfaces were found to contain a dangerous mix of bacteria. Swab tests by the Hygiene Council found one third of kitchen taps carried unsatisfactory levels of ...

NEW YORK — He's one of the most popular users on Twitter. More than 500,000 follow his growing celebrity, his every adventure and, well, his cat naps. Meet Sockington. Twitter's latest star is a microblogging cat who regales more than half a million with his musings on meal time, personal hygiene and the view from the top of the stairs. Sockington, ...

Years ago I had utopian dreams of working wherever I wanted. I longed to turn my Palm organizer into a word processor that would fit in my pocket, and ultimately I succeeded—sort of. I was able to install a word processing program and attach a fold-up keyboard, though there was no wireless link. Now that PDAs have morphed into smartphones, I ...

Throughout the recession, Apple (AAPL) watchers have wondered whether the consumer electronics giant would release cheaper products to appeal to today's thrifty consumers. With sales of many products from other companies in the doldrums, the conventional wisdom goes, Apple could walk off with huge slices of market share for everything from Macs to iPods to iPhones if it would just lower ...

 Better know how to get past the telephone screening interview since it's growing in popularity among HR folks. When an employer calls to say, "We'd like to discuss your qualifications a bit," what they are really saying is, "We want to know more about your exact skills and verify your resume, before we offer you an interview." Human Resources professionals refer ...

There’s no better time for admins to boost their administrative skills and get them certified. Why? Because employers are getting ever more exacting in their requirements for such skills, says Susan Fenner, Monster Admin/Support Advisor and manager of education and professional development at the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), which offers Certified Professional Secretary (CPS) and Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) programs.  ...