Email Interviewing Negotiating Phones 
Allwork
OCTOBER 30, 2023
According to a TopInterview survey, 57% of respondents reported that they had been left without communication after an interview. In fact, the specter of being left in the dark after an interview haunts more job seekers than rejection or making a bad impression. In the corporate world, ghosting has taken on a new, unnerving meaning.
C-Suite Assistants
OCTOBER 31, 2022
If you need more support and want to explore how we approach Executive and Personal Assistant recruitment, you can give us a call or email us. We sift through resumes, we conduct initial phone interviews, we narrow the field to the best candidates and then we conduct additional video and/or in-person interviews. #3
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Practically Perfect PA
APRIL 18, 2013
Following on from Monday’s blog here are another five interview question and answers specifically for assistants. I’ve read somewhere that is quite typical of women compared to men… but no excuses in a job interview you have to sell yourself and you have to really believe that you are worth the money that you think you are.
Office Dynamics
JANUARY 21, 2020
And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders.
Laughing all the Way to Work
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
I knew we were going to go back to that city the next year so negotiated with the hotel that if I booked the next event at their venue would they waive the cancellation fee. Negotiation As you saw above, negotiation is possible. There is value in getting to know people, even if it is just over email or the phone.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
MARCH 15, 2013
To conduct a job hunt confidentially, only tell those people you MUST (the recruiters you are interviewing with, etc). 2) Keep in mind, if you work work for someone high level and are basically chained to your desk, you have to find a way to interview while keeping up your workload at your current job. Give proper notice.
The Marq
OCTOBER 10, 2019
You need to have a regular schedule that's non-negotiable and dedicated to this activity. During this time, I know I'm not doing anything else: no emails, texts, browsing (unless I'm researching), or phone calls. What ideas from disparate practices seem to merge together (based on reading, interviewing, observing)?
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