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Why Everyone Wants Small Businesses as Customers

Small Business Labs

  This fact was highlighted in a letter sent to the management team of Office Depot by the Hedge Fund Starboard. Enterprises have gotten so good at contract analysis and negotiation that it's very hard to wring profits out of this segment. Today, lots of firms do. Enterprises also demand high levels of support.

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Answering Reader Mail: What Do Employers Look for in High-Level EA Candidates?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I have some experience as an executive assistant for mid-management, but I am starting to apply for jobs that support high level executives, such as CEO, Chief Counsel & managing partners. I am being considered as a potential candidate because I am bilingual, have a paralegal certificate and masters degree in financial analysis.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You care less, you’re easily annoyed, you start to do a cost-benefit analysis, you feel resentful, and you feel short changed. State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager. This is one of the main reasons why I endorse temping and working thru recruiting and placement agencies.

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