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The Predictions for Small Business Saturday 2023 Are In—Here’s How to Optimize Them for Your Business

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Not only did it stick, but it became a profitable and pivotal day for businesses looking to their end-of-year profit goals. Consider looking to contractors, temps or other nontraditional employees to ensure you can optimize the day’s profit potential. People can still detect the soul in an email.

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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. Get a free weekly update via email here and help kick start your career. While this is still a reality for some people, for many, it’s becoming increasingly unrealistic. You are getting started in your career.

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Answering Reader Mail: Finding Temp Agencies in Los Angeles

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. While your ultimate goal is FT job in admin, the only thing that will get you there is recent experience in admin - the good ol' fashioned catch-22. Whenever I look for a job, I send out over 200 individual emails telling people what I've been up to.

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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. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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

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Sometimes lumped in with freelancers, temp staff, or interim staff, a contractor is specifically any professional employed on a temporary, contract basis. Get a free weekly update via email here and help kick start your career. If option B is more realistic, then we have a question for you: Have you considered contracting?

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Answering Reader Mail: What Do Employers Look for in High-Level EA Candidates?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The goal is to be well-rounded in all aspects. I mention how I worked for all my CEOs because I was recruited away as a temp. I wasn’t there to socialize or go out of my way to point out I was a temp to try to get a full-time job. My goal as temp was to be asked back as a temp repeatedly - that’s it.

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