Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Well to be honest there is a slight chink in my event armour; I’m not the best at negotiating. Well I didn’t, I hired a fantastic events co-ordinator to do all of the negotiating with the venue and suppliers on my behalf. The more bedrooms you book the more you can negotiate and get free of charge. She was fabulous!

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Well to be honest there is a slight chink in my event armour; I’m not the best at negotiating. Well I didn’t, I hired a fantastic events co-ordinator to do all of the negotiating with the venue and suppliers on my behalf. The more bedrooms you book the more you can negotiate and get free of charge. She was fabulous!

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C-Suite Assistants

OCTOBER 14, 2020

If you are hiring for a personal assistant, executive assistant, or administrative assistant, one of the best things you can do is partner with a respected staffing agency. What Can a Staffing Agency Do for You? You might be surprised by all of the roles a recruitment agency can fill during the hiring process.

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Success

AUGUST 31, 2023

Meanwhile, other government agencies have been tackling the thorny issue of noncompete clauses. This clause literally affects peoples’ lives,” she says, adding that it’s more harmful to women than men, in her experience—a claim backed up by research studies that show these agreements exacerbate gender and racial wage gaps.

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Success

AUGUST 6, 2021

Harris is the co-founder and CEO of Mekanism , an advertising agency that blends soul and science to drive results. In hindsight, he would have enjoyed some help and the opportunity to build others up. “I Skill-hunters want to learn as much as they can, whether that’s marketing, negotiating or foreign languages.

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Success

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Earvin “Magic” Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency. I grew up in the kind of Black family that people today worry is disappearing.

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Success

MAY 20, 2022

Then call up past business partners, employers and employees.” I could do all this work, but I found that my focus and time management suffered since each government agency worked in a different way, and each kind of consulting required different skills. I make a profit on the partner’s services by marking it up.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

It takes up a huge amount of time and can be incredibly complex especially if they are travelling to a number of destinations with connecting flights and a host of visa requirements. Some airlines and hotels will hold back from advertising their best prices online because they like to maintain a good relationship with travel agency.

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Many are not shelved in the self-help section, but each will open up new roads into your wide-open future. When the tribe gets fed up with Seagull’s constant barrel-rolls and high-speed near-misses, the elders exile him to the ends of the earth. But what do you do when you’ve read all the classics? Rising Strong by Brené Brown.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 30, 2015

This would necessitate the negotiation of timings and setting up for both performers. Additionally, this would lead to more negotiating with your venue to allow for the setting up of various sound systems. If you decide to have both a DJ and live band then you might be faced with double booking issues.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 8, 2017

A professional venue finder can be a real godsend when you’re up against high corporate expectations. The best venue finders are experienced negotiators able to secure rates that are lower than if you booked direct. Function Fixers are a long established venue finding agency based in London.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 27, 2016

That’s why not a day goes by at our agency where we aren’t scouting and searching for incredible venue space, somewhere in the world. This limits your negotiating power to compare pricing and use your own vendors. They will also be familiar with the space which can be helpful when it comes to setting up.

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 30, 2019

To a full-timer, this means that a routine dentist check-up is not going to break the bank, since the company has you covered. More often than not, the contracts are fairly straightforward: you negotiate the job you have to complete, and how much the company will pay you. These agents are also able to negotiate on your behalf.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 26, 2013

I wanted to give you a quick round up of the issues discussed and some additional tips that I think you will find useful when running your events. Here are the links to my previous blogs: How to negotiate when planning an event. Site visit and other venue considerations. So you’ve been asked to organise an event… now what?

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Job Advice Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Payment is made up front and varies, but it’s in the range of 5 percent of a candidate’s annual salary. The coach assists with resume writing, provides marketing material, gives unbiased opinions and advice regarding next steps and how to accomplish them, and assists in teaching the skills for negotiation of a better compensation package.

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Job Advice Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Technology in the past decade has been developing at a furious pace, and from what I read it is expected to speed up even more. Companies are very interested in reducing costs, and they therefore embrace technology to keep up their levels of competitiveness with others in the same industry. Thanks AGAIN!

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 15, 2010

They also range in price from 99 bucks and up – way up. My search has shown that there are hundreds of so-called resume writing services out there, but when I look at the samples, I am not that impressed. Do you have any recommendations as to who i can use to get me going? Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Energage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Despite agreement on the business impact, executive teams continue to struggle with building up these critical areas of the organization. In April 2017, American Airlines announced it was proactively increasing the pay for pilots and flight attendants, two years ahead of contract negotiations. The reaction from Wall Street was brutal.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

I'm an EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly. When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. Would hate to pass up this leadership opportunity if it could mean progression for me in the future. Why do I bring this up?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 5, 2010

The company has developed software explicitly designed that allows it to ship orders the same day until 6:00 PM and has negotiated discounted rates with the major shipping carriers. photo credit: EtanSivad Possibly Related Posts: Independent customer service agency STELLA Service claims to be the first completely independent customer.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

After only 2 weeks, I found a great company through a staffing agency and the position was full time working for a wonderful CEO. Keep in mind, the role of a staffing agency/HR is to work for the company and to protect the CEO/client, their company, and their business, and their money. How long do you think is fair?

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