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The Predictions for Small Business Saturday 2023 Are In—Here’s How to Optimize Them for Your Business

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Consider looking to contractors, temps or other nontraditional employees to ensure you can optimize the day’s profit potential. She’s also turning to ManyChat this year, a social media tool to quickly respond and reply to each comment to send them a direct link to buy a product. People can still detect the soul in an email.

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Follow the Science: Ze Frank Teaches Us True Facts and Life Lessons

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Subsequently, he temped as an illustrator for a big ad agency, where he learned early versions of Flash and code-based animation. “I Frank’s name was etched into the history of viral videos with How to Dance Properly , looped clips of him dancing goofily that he’d sent out as a birthday invitation via his Earthlink account.

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What can we learn from watching the Crystal Ball?

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Companies are hedging their bets by hiring temps instead a steady workforce. They also need to learn how to benefit from the fast-evolving social media. Most of them are expressing the negativity that currently exists in the labor market. It mentions also that 26% of working Americans have “non-standard” jobs.

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. So, it's best to search for temporary, short-term admin work via temping, volunteering, applying for part time work so you have something to put on your resume. Get into social media for your skill set and self branding.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

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How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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10 Tips to be a Better Executive Assistant - Part 6

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Here are 10 random tips I’ve culled over the years on how to be a better assistant. Create an office bible In case you get sick, go on vacation, or get hit by a bus, it’s always good to have an office bible so your temp or co-worker can have info at their fingertips when needed. This is part 6.

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

As you become more established and learn to network well and brand yourself through social media, you'll find that headhunters and recruiters will call you in hopes of poaching you. 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.