Secretarial: `Gd shorthand is a grt way to get a ft in the dr' Traditional secretarial skills might be dying, but in a competitive marketplace can you really afford to ignore them?

The Independent - London | November 17, 1999| | Copyright

CONJURE UP an image of the most stereotypical secretary you can and you'll probably come up with a young woman, notepad in hand, eagerly "taking a letter". In most companies, of course, the reality is that taking letters is a practice that went out with the dinosaurs, but what about the shorthand that was needed to do it? Is that also a dead practice or could having a good knowledge of Teeline actually help you stand out in an increasingly competitive labour market?

Pauline Cannie, who has taught business skills at Queen's Business and Secretarial College in London for 20 years, says it's a ...

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