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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JULY 13, 2011
Perhaps you are already a 2nd or 3rd assistant to someone high profile and you want to run the office of your executive as you get promoted through the years. Here are some tips as your career progresses that will affect how you job hunt. The lower-level admin you are the more jobs there are. Job hunt with focus.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 19, 2016
Recently, I’ve been reading quite a bit about job hopping and how common it is becoming, particularly for younger people entering the work force. It’s an interesting topic for me because as I said I have always been a job hopper. Applying for jobs outside of the PA role. Lots of different experiences.
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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
If this new executive is high-profile in your industry or field, I am sure by reading articles about them or talk of the town, what you wrote above is again, pretty accurate. Successful executives are rarely lazy and slow if they earned their title from being promoted through hard work and not nepotism, etc.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JUNE 11, 2014
I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. So I read a lot about happiness, job hunting, and a meaningful life. I’m not sure how your job hunting experience was.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
DECEMBER 18, 2013
Because I knew nothing about the job except my title (EA) and the dept (I think it was in marketing). And I had a lot of temp work coming my way, I had a lot of interviews about to be booked, I had just started my job hunt, and I had so many unanswered questions. Would I like my boss, my team, my role, my compensation package?
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