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How to use part time and temp jobs to build your career

Page Personnel

How to use part time and temp jobs to build your career Anonymous (not verified) 24/01/2023 Career paths are changing. In fact, for some, the opposite is true - professionals are building a career out of short term stints at companies, part time positions and project-based tenures. You have become a specialist in your field.

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NOT, “Just An Admin!”

Office Dynamics

It began several years ago when I started working for Mr. H as a temp. I got started, one small piece of the project at a time, one step at a time. The project was successfully accomplished. Project Coordinators. Creative Event Planners. I’d like to share my journey of discovery with you. Correspondence Experts.

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Etiquette Lessons for the Company Picnic

On The Job

And with the increasing temps comes the surest sign of summer: An invitation to the office picnic. Such events are often seen as a way to let your hair down and enjoy time away from the office, but they’re also a minefield of potential etiquette disasters that can derail your career. Limit drinking. Follow the rules.

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2022: My “Year” in Review

Productivityist

There’s a lot more to this that I’m going to share in 2023 but I’ll say that I’m excited about the project. This event ran for 10 years and is the brainchild of Chris Guillebeau. After years of meeting online, several of us who mastermind together met up in Tempe, Arizona to retreat together.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

Event planning could also figure into that category. moment for me, was to not only list, in no more than two or three carefully worded bullet points, the stand-out, non-recurring projects or special highlights under each role, but also how those items tied back to organizational growth. Very necessary advice and yet an 'A ha!'

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Is The EA Role Right For You?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I started out as a temp and figured I’d pay my dues, network, and hop to another company or department. I had been on the track to being in event planning and had worked in that field. People always thought I missed my calling as a librarian or to do special events at Barnes and Noble.

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How & Where Do I Find More Job Leads?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It consists of former bosses, co-workers, friends at work and in my personal life, friends of friends, professional network groups I'm a part of, anyone through my volunteering activities, temp agencies, and people I'm a client to as well - my former personal trainer, my photographer, etc.