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SharePoint - Check In and Check Out
One tool that has become increasingly popular in the workplace is Microsoft SharePoint. What is it? Basically, it provides an “instant portal” if you will for your group or organization. It is aimed at the new collaborative centric workplace, where everybody can access all the information...
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Published 5 months ago

No to No Networks
No to No Network (noun) - A crazy cool program that allows you and your awesome friends to share music, videos and other mind blowing stuff at work or at home using your work computer. Otherwise known as: A Peer to Peer Network, or one of the quickest ways to the back of the unemployment line. ...
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Published 5 months ago

Your Resume: Telling It Like It Is
No matter how many resumes I look at, there is always one constant problem that almost nobody can seem to get away from: Making something out of nothing. Wait a minute, isn’t that the point of a resume? To pull every last ounce of impressiveness (patent pending) out of your accomplishments?...
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Published a year ago

How To Use The Microsoft Word Thesaurus
Here’s the situation: You’re working on a document for work, and suddenly you realize that you’re using the same terms over and over again. However, you can’t think of a different way to describe what you’re writing about. What can you do? You can either whip out the dead weight...
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Published a year ago

Funny Test Answers
If you need a good laugh, check out the test answers shown in the link below. You’ve probably seen it before, but I came across it the other day it gave me a chuckle: Funny Test Answers Maybe we should adapt this for the office?
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Published a year ago

Don’t Know? No Problem
With the title of this post in mind, I’d like to address one of the largest myths that surround the act of being a “manager”: Managers have to know everything. How do we fix the server? Can I expense this? What day does that obscure holiday fall on in 2047? Pretty much any question is...
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Published a year ago

These Mistakes Drive Me Nuts!!!
If you haven’t yet experienced the sublime joy of reviewing other peoples documents, you don’t know what you’re missing (and you should probably keep it that way). However, it’s pretty much unavoidable that in some point in your career you’ll have to do this. Once you go through this...
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Published a year ago

Interesting Microsoft Excel 2007 Calculation Bug
If you use Excel 2007 (Currently my company has not upgraded yet), you might be interested in reading the thread below from the google user groups: Microsoft Excel 2007 Calculation Bug It looks like a problem with the floating point representation of certain numbers. Fortunately, from what I can...
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Published a year ago

Wednesday Morning Humor
Ah Wednesday. Possibly the worst day of the week, as I’ve previously documented in this article: Think Mondays are Bad? Wednesdays are Worse. In keeping with this train of thought, here’s a little something to brighten up your day: Creepy bathroom hand soap Let’s just say if I saw this in...
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Published a year ago

Furthering Your Education, Furthering Your Career
Furthering your education can be one of the best ways to advance your career. However, many people write it off as impossible for a number of reasons. Here is the one I hear the most often: I can’t go to classes, go to my job, and take care of the rest of my life at the same time. While...
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Published a year ago