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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. The most important thing is to take action and do something different so you can get promoted, get better tasks, that raise, or transition to a different role, dept, company, or industry.

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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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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. As you may know, I mainly work in the entertainment industry for CEOs. It’s important to keep in mind your industry or field’s “history,” and future trends for job prospects too. I’m not sure how your job hunting experience was.

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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. Get as many recommendations on LinkedIn as you can and network with people and help them out. Know how to network and be helpful.

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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. In the Quebec music industry, I tend to see many artists helping each other out, playing together, promoting events together… truly joining together to be one group of people who believe in what they do. This is frustration, this is not called for.“

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