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Top 28 Gifts for Holiday Shopping on A Budget

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While the holidays are certainly joyful, shopping for others can sometimes add more stress than you’d anticipated, especially if you’re trying to purchase Christmas gifts on a budget. Purchase within your budgeted category to stay on track , or mix and match from various sections to compile the perfect gift that still meets your money goals.

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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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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I hated the mental stress and burden of putting everyone else first and getting only the usual thank you’s and words of appreciation. I started this blog while temping/job hunting and I was allowed to write or do personal side projects as long as it was not interfering with my work. I hated having to do EVERY LITTLE thing for my boss.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc. Start reading now about your company's mission, strategy, and goals. The goal is to have at your fingertips information you will need at a moment's notice. They should do all the executive level work.

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

To that effect, I also mostly believe that your work is either admin/process heavy or people heavy, which means you actually carry out the work/ideas of others OR you are a manager/executive where you manage people or departments so the business goals get done. Why do I bring this up? Do you want to manage people or actually do the work?

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

It’s like stage stress, before walking up on a TV show or a big opening act. You recently wrote in a medium that’s probably more familiar to our readers: an article about your home in Miguasha that was published in National Geographic Traveler as one of the world’s 50 destinations of a lifetime. People respond to humans.

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