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« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2004, 05:19:02 pm » |
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It seems like I spend most of my time putting out fires.... including office politics. Realistically, its probably more along the lines of handling the accounting but it certainly seems like I'm constantly jumping from my desk because "The copier is jammed", "I can't print"', "My computer's frozen", "So&So left early" and my personal favorite.... "Can you just come over, its too difficult to explain whats happening".
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« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2004, 02:06:36 pm » |
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My workload is pretty varied, too, and some of the projects I deal with are seasonal. I'm responsible for our awards programme and national Council elections so those projects usually start in the Autumn of each year and finish in the Spring of the following year. My other two big projects - medical malpractice and professional conduct casework - take up about 50 per cent of my time. The remainder of my time is spent doing everything else that an EA is supposed to do. My appraisal is on Monday next week and I believe that Bossie is finally going to appoint a permanent person to assist me. And she is someone who has worked (excellently) with me on and off in the past year. Oh joy! Raindance PS Countrigal - remember this: meetings are the only practical alternative to work  |
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mbajjada
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« Reply #17 on: April 01, 2004, 02:02:13 am » |
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Who knows where the day goes sometimes? I seem to spend most of them answering questions from staff and students that is when I'm not opening the office doors so they can come in even though all staff have a code to enter it seems to be difficult for them to type it in even when times are extremely busy. This is in addition to seasonal projects, minutes, diaries, travel blah, blah, blah!
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« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2004, 10:28:38 pm » |
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Most of my day is doing data entry of reports, faxes, mail, etc. Everything must be entered into our system as being received. I also transcribe letters and legal documents for our two remote adjusters. I also make phone calls throughout the day to report accidents to insurance companies (each call could take 30-45 minutes) I have a lot of work during the day but for some reason, it is very boring to me and I feel like I am wasting all of my skills that I picked up while I was working as an executive assistant.
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tinkerbell
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« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2004, 01:35:28 pm » |
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I have no idea where my time goes – no hang on a minute, interruptions! That’s the thing about this role – you can plan as much as you like, but when your workload comes from others you get interruptions via phone, e-mail or in person. I also spend a lot of my time at my desk replying to and dealing with e-mails, although I try and reply by phone sometimes to hopefully cut down receiving any more!
Typing up minutes takes the longest because I need to think about it, decipher my writing, remember what was said if I can’t and I procrastinate on them … never ending story that one.
I have a daily list of tasks which includes recording/dealing with the internal and external mail, organising boss’ brought forward file, dealing with the tasks that he has given me to do and monitoring/dealing with his e-mails.
I can sympathise with jahdra – I am always waiting for my computer to stop freezing and catch up with my brain – I think I read somewhere that we lose about an hour a day due to IT problems …
And I can also sympathise with mbajjada – I spend a lot of my time opening the door for people who’ve forgotten their pass … rah rah rah!
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shelliereneebug
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« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2006, 09:14:16 pm » |
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At trade shows - setting up , tearing down and standing around talking to potential clients and established clients
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« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2006, 03:24:15 pm » |
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Well, let's see...Right now, it's pretty slow around here. No hurricanes to respond to, and bossie has been traveling for the last 2 months (I've just about forgotten what he looks like!). In addition, I'll be leaving my job in another month or so (job is being relocated, and I don't want to move with it). So lately, all I've been coordinating bossie's travel and rewriting my desk manual to help whoever gets my job later on.
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« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2006, 01:56:16 am » |
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I'd say the majority of my job is spent in connecting people and information sharing. Bossie is very difficult to get ahold of so I get many calls a day with "Where is he and can you have him call me?" or Bossie telling me to call someone for him. Plus I'm kinda the clearinghouse of information so whenever people want to know something, they call me.
Plus all the usual stuff of e-mails, travel arrangements, meetings, conference calls, data entry, reports, etc.
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« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2006, 10:46:21 am » |
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I spend most of my time transcribing interviews and conferences and monitoring my emails. Most of my work comes in and goes out via email, which is great. Its a very clean way to work although I still receive tapes as well. Edited by jackie on 10/04/06 07:48 PM. |
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