Office Skills Society Twitter Contest

As the year winds down, you’re probably planning ways to boost your workplace skills in 2010 without breaking the bank. Office Skills Society would like to help with our first Twitter contest!

MANAGEMENT MINUTE: Knock out these 4 novice management mistakes

Managing your employees requires a different skill set than you brought to the position. Yet, many supervisors fall into the trap of leading in the same ways that they followed. Avoid the new-manager pitfalls by keeping your eyes open for these common mistakes.

MICROSOFT OFFICE TUTOR: No blank line needed — instantly insert space between your paragraphs

Instead of pressing [Enter] to insert a blank line of space between your paragraphs, use this shortcut key to add 12 points of blank space at the begnning of the paragraph.

CUSTOMER SERVICE CORNER: 4 keys to quality referrals

Everyone will tell you: Referrals are your company’s best line to new customers. What they leave out is that quality referrals are few and far between.

MANAGEMENT MINUTE: How to deal with employees’ romantic relationships

Budding romantic relationships in the workplace don’t necessarily spell disaster for your company; they can actually improve your work environment if you manage them properly.