Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Ardent Partners is an analyst firm focused on corporate procurement and as part of this brief they research and analyze the use of contingent labor (temps, contractors, consultants, etc.) And according to their research report The State of Contingent Workforce Management 2014-2015 this growth is going to continue. by corporations.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 31, 2010

Executives and Managers Embrace Administrative Profession As Never Before. I am being called on to conduct my exclusive leader/executive/manager workshop called Maximizing Your Assistant's Time and Talents to Impact the Bottom Line™. April 1, 2010 Kick-Off for the Blog-a-Thon. This is incredible and I want you to be excited, too.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 31, 2010

Executives and Managers Embrace Administrative Profession As Never Before. I am being called on to conduct my exclusive leader/executive/manager workshop called Maximizing Your Assistant's Time and Talents to Impact the Bottom Line™. Tags: Admin Assistant Training Career Management Executive Blog Mgr/Asst Team Adminology.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 12, 2015

I started my life as a temp at the V&A in London, after graduating and realising that the world of fashion journalism & promotion was not for me. I took all my skills learned from my studies to organise people and offices instead. What does your career path look like? What are the main aspects of your current role?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Gloria just finished a temp assignment and experienced an awful case of sabotaging by a peer admin who is a lot younger than her and has been with the company for a year. Gloria said that she noticed this administrative assistant manages upward and is passive aggressive and well connected in the company where she works.

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Page Personnel

MAY 26, 2021

Valuable skills-building As a contractor, professionals usually have to hit the ground running, learn the job at hand quickly, communicate effectively, and build rapport with other team members. Doing this builds up soft skills and transferable skills fairly quickly, as the short time frame requires adaptability in order to be successful.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Gloria just finished a temp assignment and experienced an awful case of sabotaging by a peer admin who is a lot younger than her and has been with the company for a year. Gloria said that she noticed this administrative assistant manages upward and is passive aggressive and well connected in the company where she works.

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Page Personnel

APRIL 1, 2019

Sometimes lumped in with freelancers, temp staff, or interim staff, a contractor is specifically any professional employed on a temporary, contract basis. What skill sets would companies actually hire you for? Additionally, identify transferable skills that transcend any particular industry or type of organisation.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 21, 2012

My question regards the difficulty I am having in reentering the admin support field despite the fact that I have ten years of office management and administrative support experience. I thoroughly enjoy the diversity of these positions, the project management, and the role of admin support. Cast a wider net and be flexible.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

I have some experience as an executive assistant for mid-management, but I am starting to apply for jobs that support high level executives, such as CEO, Chief Counsel & managing partners. So bring your experience, wisdom, and people skills to the table, but have a “I’m green, hungry for the job, I’ll hustle” attitude as well.

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Below this, add short segments listing your skills and abilities, then your professional experience for the past 10 years, then your education and accolades, limiting the entire resume to no more than two pages total. Hiring brains will die past that point, regardless of how awesome your experience is.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

There are some certification programs out there that, unfortunately, don’t teach you how to build partnership with your executive or how to manage your executive’s day; but our programs do. (JB). I have a BS in management and over 15 years work experience. It is admirable that you have your BS in management.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles. 2) How manageable are you?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager. And it’s not only important to state them to others, but for you yourself to live your life and to manage your career so you do 99% of the work and that 1% allows others to help you if they wish to get to you the next level.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. Do you want to manage people or actually do the work? Why do I bring this up?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. New South Wales Australia Time) Turning Soft Skills Into Tangible and Recognizable Skills That You Can (and Should) Bring to The Office Conference December 6/7, 2010, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia IQPC’s 8th Executive and Personal Assistant Summit is on again in 2010! (New

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

More importantly, once you figure that out, it can help you MANAGE your feelings and perspective during the day whenever you get frustrated or every hour if needed. I started this blog while temping/job hunting and I was allowed to write or do personal side projects as long as it was not interfering with my work. How did I learn this?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

In your case, she may have been able to influence the SVP, CEO, HR, or the other assistants because she is in charge of all admin and it’s her duty to manage them. And part of that is managing up - bringing things to their boss' attention and up the chain it goes. Bosses usually ask themselves themselves: How manageable is an employee?

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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. Don't be an assistant to a Director or Manager if at all possible.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 7, 2018

Remind yourself of accomplishments, skills you have developed and your unique traits; focus on what you do have control of. It happened quickly; my office was moved, hours extended, job duties increased, my favorite aspects of my job were taken away and I no longer reported to my great manager. What opportunities can you explore?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I worked and temped at various places in general administrator/secretarial roles until I found a job where I really felt I could make a difference. You are well known for your networking skills, what initial steps did you take to increase your network? I got married, moved countries (with a cat) and had a baby in 9 months!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

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. But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Travel and event planning is handled by admin assistants, dept assistants, coordinators, project managers, production assistants, producers, production coordinators, wives, estate managers, nannies, personal assistants, husbands, managers, directors, executive producers, and associate producers. Timing is everything.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year. We will manage, clumsily, in your absence,” which was very sweet and made me very happy as I was only in the role for 8 months at the time. My boyfriend chose clown. It’s not his profession.)

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. This was mostly as a temp during very slow months when the entire industry was on vacation, but I’m sure the paycheck wasn’t as amazing as yours. I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. 2) I got laid off.

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On The Job

JULY 10, 2009

Rules for being a good hiring manager/interviewer: 1. If you know youre never going to call them back (their skills are all wrong, they want too much money) then tell them. I went to NYC for a job interview - traveled 4 hours from DC and the hiring manager made me wait half an hour, didn't even offer me a water or coffee.

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