Small Business Labs
JULY 1, 2013
ProPublica's The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants are Getting Crushed covers the dark side of temporary work. Key quote on the life of low paid temps: Many get by on minimum wage, renting rooms in rundown houses, eating dinners of beans and potatoes, and surviving on food banks and taxpayer-funded health care.
Success
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Throughout the day, this self-improvement gift will track body changes in relation to sleep, stress, hormone cycles, activity, meditation and more. The corresponding smartphone app provides regular updates to levels of stress resistance and advice on optimizing routine for specific hormone cycles. Prices start at $35 for a single box.
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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
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. The goal is to go from a busy role to one that is absolutely crazy insane busy and stressful to prove you can do it.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
MAY 16, 2012
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. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. How can you make yourself easily found? And once you're in, you're in.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JUNE 6, 2013
The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. It’s not unheard of to be on call 24/7 or to work 60-100 hours a week depending on your executive and industry. Yes, you are playing baseball, but are you a pro or in the little leagues?
Who's the Real Boss?
AUGUST 31, 2020
As an EA who has been working in the industry for more than twenty years, the number one question I usually get asked is around minute taking and more specifically on “how you take good minutes?” ” In fact, I was asked this question just as recently as last week.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JULY 8, 2016
I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. 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.
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