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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

Allwork

I want to meet interesting, you know, people from a business perspective, I want to promote my business, but at the end of the day to all humans and at the end. On the one hand, it gives us a great sense of freedom and agency. People come to us at the end of the day, for whatever business reasons, they stayed. Tim Leberecht.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

After only 2 weeks, I found a great company through a staffing agency and the position was full time working for a wonderful CEO. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. I’m sure they have received a lot of resumes.

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Even though I am an EA with over 15 years of experience at the C-level, it seems that all the recruiting agencies I have approached still require an applicant to come in for an appointment to take their basic employment testing, and then only seem to be able to offer lower-level administrative jobs. It might help to give a little background.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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She mentors, trains, and coaches EA/AAs across the region. And then when I was at Morrison, Knutson, I had a placement agency call me in there, like, there’s probably after two years, I was there. While supporting J., She has a passion for the EA role and the value it brings to organizations.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. The longer specific answer is below.