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Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Aside from this blog, I also write over at jobstr.com under Hollywood Executive Assistant. I work at a travel and event planning agency. We are a great resource for Executive Assistants (we have several that we work with currently) booking high level travel globally but I am having trouble reaching out to the right people.

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7 Unexpected Ways Your Finances Matter When Job Hunting And Working

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The company will ask that you charge everything from business travel to catered lunches on your credit card and they will reimburse you. Have money for group gifts. Alternately, you could say you only had X amount of dollars in your wallet and give that, offer to write a check, or give your own gift by baking cookies or something.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

For any readers of my blog and my column , you’ll know I hail from Japan and also consider myself an Angeleno! Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. We really like her.” It’s just that simple.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

"I recently stumbled across your blog and have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts! Dear KC, So glad you like my blog and hope I can be of help! You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc. If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. You should have a Twitter account, or maybe even a blog. The timing of the gift is also crucial. It can even be a tid bit of advice or a blog like mine. or other similar ones.

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I love your question because no one has ever asked this question on the blog. I would also volunteer at work and socialize with my co-workers during the holiday gift wrapping parties. I started this blog while temping/job hunting and I was allowed to write or do personal side projects as long as it was not interfering with my work.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

You recently wrote in a medium that’s probably more familiar to our readers: an article about your home in Miguasha that was published in National Geographic Traveler as one of the world’s 50 destinations of a lifetime. On our blog, for example, we write three times a week, regularly, religiously. Sally B´s last blog.

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