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Career Success A to Z: N is for Non-Negotiable

Eat Your Career

This article is part of a series. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here. But you also have to know what components are non-negotiable. I’ve made that mistake and now my soul is a non-negotiable. I have other non-negotiables too. What are your non-negotiables?

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Your March Action Plan: 10 Easy Ways to Build Your Confidence

Success

If you struggle with showing your best self during an interview, enlist a friend to conduct a mock interview. Revel in your newfound bravery and commit to negotiating once a week. That means speaking up for the things you believe in, taking risks and pushing yourself beyond the norm. Talk it out to build self-confidence.

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Words as Weapons. Does Civility Matter? You bet it does.

Bonnie Low-Krayman

These requests can be for assistance to land a new job, negotiate a raise, or identify a contact. Those ideas can be clearly communicated on the Careers tab on company websites, verbiage on job descriptions, and during the interview process for new candidates. We all know email is a cold medium which is why it needs warming up.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

I would like to address the recent article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on January 18, 2020 by Rachel Feintzeig regarding The Vanishing Executive Assistant. The article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is showing a small piece of what is transpiring in the profession. This is another area that needs to change.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views (April 2017)

Eat Your Career

Read the article here >> The Most Common Reason for Job Hopping – And 3 Steps to Stop It! Read the article here >> 3 Reasons to Never Skip Salary Negotiation When Accepting a New Job. Unfortunately, far too many people give in and simply accept the offer without even attempting a negotiation.

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The Good and Bad of Freelancing

Small Business Labs

Only a few articles point out that freelancing has a good side, a bad side and many shades of grey between the good and the bad.   The article does this by breaking the word freelancer into two parts - "free" (the good) and "lance" (the bad). You're the boss and there's no one to complain to.

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Practically Perfect PA round up of 2014

Practically Perfect PA

We have had some fantastic feedback over the year and I hope you have all found the varies blog posts and articles helpful. How to negotiate a job title change. Interview questions and answers for assistants part 5. I wanted to do a Practically Perfect round up for 2014. Mid year reviews. Working for a workaholic.

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