I'm an organizational creative jill-of-all-trades and I might be losing my job. I'm updating my resume and, coincidentally, I need help creatively organizing it. Help, AskMe?
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posted by thrasher
on Nov 15, 2012 -
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Launching a freelance career, starting a training program and planning a wedding. Please help me get organized before my life spins out of control.
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posted by ladybird
on Oct 2, 2012 -
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Can you suggest a system that could help a group of employees manage a long, many-stepped process? We're driving ourselves bonkers in the meantime.
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posted by rachaelfaith
on Sep 18, 2012 -
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To-do questions on here often tell you to have a daily or weekly meeting with your boss. Please help me figure out how to make a list of tasks and projects so that I can do this and keep my head on straight and not get mired in anxiety-land.
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posted by inmyhead
on Sep 11, 2012 -
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I have a lot of autonomy in my job, along with a lot of responsibility. How can I get better at organizing my working patterns so that I get everything done, without always worrying that I should be working on some other task instead? Looking for recommendations for tactics, mindsets, books, apps, or whatever's worked for you.
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posted by Catseye
on Jun 13, 2012 -
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So I got some new responsibilities at my company (great!) but I am so slow at the new work it's dragging my day out too long and affecting my productivity with my existing work. Help me learn to be faster and end my long workdays before they end me.
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posted by Fire
on Sep 6, 2011 -
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I got moved to a much smaller desk at work (I kinda feel like Milton) and now everything feels really crowded. How can I increase the empty space on my desktop? What can I move or rearrange? Is there any magical desk accessory that can help me?
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posted by trillian
on Aug 7, 2011 -
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Hacks for getting a team to work well if you are a contractor, underling, etc.
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posted by Wolfster
on Feb 1, 2010 -
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For those of you who are managers or administrators: what are your pro tips on office organization?
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posted by Miko
on Sep 24, 2009 -
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Say you had a desk, at your job, and say you were also pretty disorganized, and so your boss handed you an Office Depot catalog and told you to buy what you wanted as long as it was within reason. What would you buy? What are your ESSENTIAL office supplies?
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posted by granted
on Jan 6, 2009 -
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(Project Management Filter) I've looked around but I can't seem anything to answer this that seems right for me. Maybe experiences of others will help me navigate. How to coordinate paper and electronic files and emails etc when dealing with many vendor/many location things...
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posted by sio42
on Oct 28, 2008 -
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I find myself in the novel situation, upon being laid off, of having a large number of potential job opportunities. I'm in the tech space, so most organizations work through recruiters, and I'm getting over a dozen calls and emails a day since posting my resume. Many of the job descriptions look like a good fit, so I know I can have my pick of location, type of organization, benefits, salary, etc. It's quite early in my job hunt, and I have the leisure of about 2 months to do it in. I'm looking for tips about how to keep organized and be in control of the situation.
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posted by matildaben
on Jan 30, 2008 -
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Giant, multi-faceted, possibly-career-making project about to begin. How to reorganize my workspace so I completely kick ass, take names?
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posted by Mrs Hilksom
on Jan 25, 2008 -
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When the deadline for all of your projects was two weeks ago, everything is at priority #1, and stress levels are at an all time high, how do you step back, get things in order, and progress so you can catch up and get back on top of your life?
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posted by schroedinger
on Mar 26, 2007 -
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I have a hard time staying organized at work. My problem isn't working on something, it's staying aware of the many projects and tasks that I have to complete, prioritizing, and staying on top of a project (and letting clients know that I'm on top of it, next step, etc.) There are multitudes of tools out there, and I have access to many of them.
What I'd like to know is what methods have you found that work for you with regards to your daily organization at work? Notebook, spreadsheet, Outlook, etc?
posted by adampsyche
on Feb 20, 2006 -
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What's a good career move for a senior analyst with a social work background?
Also, is there a nationwide organization for senior process and business analysts?
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posted by DCTapeworm
on Sep 13, 2005 -
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I need help organizing my digital life! I am an academic who works on three different XP computers...
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posted by LarryC
on Mar 29, 2005 -
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I hate all forms of work (hence the anon. post) and the only way I've found to finish papers etc. is to stay up all day and night procrastinating until the last possible instance writing a bit here and there--an agonizing process--until, as the last chance deadline aproaches, something takes shape. These papers are usually final papers and usually earn me between a B+ and an -A... which is probably why I never learned how to do work in a painless and organized fashion... at any rate, I have two papers due on the same day and no chance of an extension on either one and am incapable of forcing myself to work. WHAT DO I DO?
posted by anonymous
on Dec 10, 2004 -
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