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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

March 2001 saw me heading back to the UK as a single mum with 2 young children and so started my career part 2. You are well known for your networking skills, what initial steps did you take to increase your network? In London, I met my husband-to-be (now ex) and I ended up retiring and moving to the Caribbean for 5 years.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

Reach out to groups that cater to Black engineers, LGBTQ professionals, Hispanic programmers—whatever skill set you might need. The Market Development Group the company launched to identify sales and support opportunities tied to women- and minority-owned businesses resulted in $300 million in new revenue in 2001. It’s flexible.

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How to Protect Your Personal Brand When Your Company's Reputation Sucks

On The Job

employees, who saw their own company go through a similar reputation nightmare in 2001 when the company filed for bankruptcy and some executives ended up in jail for financial misdeeds. One group of employees who may be commiserating with AIG workers right now are former Enron Corp. Schawbel agrees.

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