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How to use part time and temp jobs to build your career

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How to use part time and temp jobs to build your career Anonymous (not verified) 24/01/2023 Career paths are changing. This is due to factors such as the current economic climate, the nature and evolution of many roles and industries, and a general change in the perception of what a successful career should look like.

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8 reasons why contract employment is popular

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They can also run up to a full year or more for project rollouts, or if a company is reviewing staffing needs or hiring budget for permanent positions. They may be working for a company in the banking industry for the first half of the year, and then move into a technology firm in the next contract.

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Your definitive guide to contracting work: the good, the bad, and the reality

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Get up, happy to be going to work at the same office where you’ve been for the last 5 years, within the same role and industry, ready to start your day and crack on. Sometimes lumped in with freelancers, temp staff, or interim staff, a contractor is specifically any professional employed on a temporary, contract basis.

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You will see that aside from typing, Word, and Excel, some of the bigger companies will test you on logic, grammar, listening, putting together a budget, creativity, and more. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. How can you make yourself easily found?

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Breaking down Minutes: The Art of Minute Taking

Who's the Real Boss?

As an EA who has been working in the industry for more than twenty years, the number one question I usually get asked is around minute taking and more specifically on “how you take good minutes?” ” In fact, I was asked this question just as recently as last week.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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. But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

We also got 2 floating/personal holidays, about 3-10 sick days, and also working in the entertainment industry, most places shut down for the last 10-14 days of the year. Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year.

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