Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

You might also look for courses that will develop some new administrative and entrepreneurial skills that will expand your contributions to your company and can possibly save them from having to hire another employee to do that work. It goes back to what I said about your career goals and aspirations. Listen to the webinar again. (JB).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

Despite this, I get the feeling that convincing employers of my suitability for an executive assistant job is not going to be an easy task - in a competitive job market, employers don't want to hear about skills as much as they want to hear about experience in the field. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? Thanks very much!”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

2) Make it clear you have bigger goals. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. The goal is to go from a busy role to one that is absolutely crazy insane busy and stressful to prove you can do it.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The goal is to get INFORMATION and ADVICE which almost anyone can provide, not ask for an interview, a favor, or a job. 3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. I highlight important information.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

The point of the above exercise is to figure out if the solution is something that can be fixed with a little action/daily maintenance (go on vacation, take better care of yourself, respectively) or will take long term planning and goals/strategy (move closer to family or save enough money to travel for a year). How did I learn this?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. You mentioned you really want to progress and develop your skills, but managing the office is hindering your ability to focus. Why do I bring this up?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. How can you make yourself easily found? And once you're in, you're in.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

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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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

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. But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. This was mostly as a temp during very slow months when the entire industry was on vacation, but I’m sure the paycheck wasn’t as amazing as yours. I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to.

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