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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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2013

Keep in mind how long it takes to commute or how you will find a quiet, private place to do phone interviews. Some weeks between commuting, phone interviews, in person interviews, and planning/searching/scheduling/researching everything, I was spending a good 25 hours or more just on my job hunt. You can just write “Thx!”

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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.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

You also have more negotiating leverage for a better salary and projects. I can not stress volunteering enough to spruce up your resume for when are you ready to leave your current company. HR will usually call 2-3 people for a quick phone chat. Short of that, looking for a new job elsewhere is your second best bet.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 13, 2010

As soon as you get an email or piece of paper, deal with it. If I flag it for later I at least say I got their email. Oftentimes, they have never met me, but may recall my name or my boss’ name when I mention it over the phone. In all emails with other assistants we started referring to our bosses by initials only.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I will answer your questions by addressing your entire email and I will answer from two perspectives - 1) I used to and still sometimes work in a recruiting capacity and 2) as a job applicant and EA. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Do You Have a Phone? What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Do You Have a Phone? The more money it costs the more stable you look.

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