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Top 28 Gifts for Holiday Shopping on A Budget

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While the holidays are certainly joyful, shopping for others can sometimes add more stress than you’d anticipated, especially if you’re trying to purchase Christmas gifts on a budget. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $30. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $50. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $75.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you. Be mindful of your boss' preferences, perks, and style of working, communicating, and handling stress, conflict, bad news, good news, etc. I block out time on my calendar when I know I will have to work overtime because it's budget season. Do they know the vm passwords?

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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?

So, let’s move to the steps and tips on producing the best minutes. So, once you’ve ascertained who your audience is and what the expectation is for the type of minutes you need to produce, you’re ready to start receiving the next set of tips to good minute taking. No one can tell you that.

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. A week or two ago, it was one of those weeks where my brain just felt tired.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You 'll learn my most cringe worthy moment, tips, and a little about me as a person. 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. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.