Message #68020

[happyclappy]

Multi-tasking is focussing on more than one thing at any one time - as described above.  It's one of those buzz words and "skills" that an efficient and productive admin support is supposed to have and is probably not properly understood by the people who use it!  Its effectiveness is questionable, in my opinion.  In my own experience, concentrated focus, perhaps for a very short time, on this or that project is far more productive.  In truth, whilst I would say that I can multitask, I very rarely would sit at my computer composing a letter, reading incoming post about an investigation I'm conducting, speaking to a colleague and talking on the telephone.  I might be able to compose the letter and answer the phone in between, but not all of those activities at once.  I do, however, have an extremely varied work schedule throughout the day.