The Organizer : Secrets & Systems from the World's Top Executive Assistants

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Summary: A great resource!
Review: I found the book very helpful. I had already been doing some of the "secrets", but this only made me feel better! There are many helpful hints and information on ways of the office, etc. Helpful for anyone starting out!

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Summary: Good for Beginners
Review: I was somewhat disappointed with this book. I am an Executive Assistant, and did not find too much information that I didn't already know. I was hoping for some insight from a wide selection of Executive Assistants, and there were different comments from the same 5 or 6 people. I do think it is a good book for someone who is just starting out, and I did appreciate a few of the sample worksheets.

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Summary: Fun publication on how to be a great Executive Assistant
Review: The book covers all the angles of how to be a great executive assistant, without being the boring "manual" so many career books turn out to be.

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Summary: Ok but...
Review: This book is a useful one if you're new to the world of administration and have not worked as an admin or executive assistant before. However, I found that the tips and ideas the author provides are very basic common sense and really didn't get much new out of it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a few years of admin experience under their belts.

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Summary: Useful if you have no administrative experience
Review: This book is a useful one if you're new to the world of administration and have not worked as an admin or executive assistant before. However, I found that the tips and ideas the author provides are very basic common sense and really didn't get much new out of it. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with a few years of admin experience under their belts.

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Summary: Very Elementary
Review: This book is for an entry level assistant. I have been working as an assistant in corporate America for 10 years and needed something to motivate and refresh me. This isn't it. This is an explanation on how to organize files, answer phones and basic business etiquette. Perfect for someone starting out.

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Summary: Very Elementary
Review: This book is for an entry level assistant. I have been working as an assistant in corporate America for 10 years and needed something to motivate and refresh me. This isn't it. This is an explanation on how to organize files, answer phones and basic business etiquette. Perfect for someone starting out.

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Summary: HOW TO BE A GOOD SECRETERY 101
Review: This is a good introductory text on being a secretery or a receptionist. This would be most useful for people just starting out without any office experience who don't know what a spreadheet is. To anyone else the text is too basic, though it covers a wide range of office related matters and because of that this might be useful as how to reading for a newly appointed office manager with no prior experience. What this doesn't reveal are any tricks of the trade you would expect an old salt to have. Also disturbing is the casualness with which the author accepts the abuse she endured as secretery from the egotistical octopuses in the entertainment industry that she worked for.