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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. This money-minded guide will make your holiday gifting a little easier. Opopop Holiday Discovery Collection $46.99. That’s where we come in. .

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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).

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Will Google ever stop amazing me? Introducing Goog/411

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was happy just to know how to use the computer. Finally, I asked her how she knew the answers and what was she doing to get the information? Finally, I asked her how she knew the answers and what was she doing to get the information? Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Excellent material!

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

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I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference. Excellent material!

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I was hoping that you might have insight/advice on how to create project work/better assist a C-Level exec that has never had an admin before. You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc. If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you.

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

We also got 2 floating/personal holidays, about 3-10 sick days, and also working in the entertainment industry, most places shut down for the last 10-14 days of the year. We also get most bank holidays, half day or early closure before a long weekend, and some companies close early on Fridays during the summer at 2pm or 3pm.

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

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As you are job hunting, think hard about if you want to temp, freelance, do contract work, temp-to-hire, or direct hire roles only and under which circumstance. When recruiters have to hire someone ASAP little things get overlooked - such as the person doesn't know how to use a MAC. Job hunt with focus. Everyone is busy.