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Preparing for the Interview

Laughing all the Way to Work

I had an interview at 11, but I was busy with my job, my father was in the hospital and I was trying to arrange an engagement party for my daughter. I just didn’t have time to bring my clothes to the dry cleaner, and worse than that I had an inch of grey roots showing and I hadn't coloured my hair. It ended up I did get the job.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

Quickly, Low-Kramen realized that prioritizing was a vital movie-set skill. One perk of working for a star is the clothes, she said: “One assistant I knew was the same shoe size as her celebrity, so she got all her hand-me-down designer shoes.”

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The Real Reasons People Are Quitting by Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

These are reasons for quitting that would be reasonably offered in letters of resignation and at an exit interview. Reasons that are more difficult to be written down in a letter or spoken aloud in an exit interview. It costs a company 6-9 months of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. It’s just not that simple though.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

However, if they go to develop skills like writing and critical thinking, to learn more about the world and to connect with future leaders, then university is invaluable. I have used those skills almost every day of my working life. And now I coach public speaking skills. With that said, you only get out what you put in.

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

That means that if I take a salaried job today, I might be earning $32,550 while the guy next to me earns $35,000. We’ve passed the “resume” stage, and entered the “interview” stage. Many of you with families would gladly take on a job at twice your current salary even if it meant some sort of weird workplace problem.

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