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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

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.” From her starting $18,000 salary, Low-Kramen would negotiate each year with Dukakis directly, since there’s no human-resources department for such roles. Today, Low-Kramen said, a starting salary for a celebrity personal assistant on call 24/7 can typically hit the low six figures.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

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Theatre is a collaborative art and I learned that so too, is the workplace. In 2004, I gave Olympia the final draft of my book “Be the Ultimate Assistant” to review and offered her free rein to take out anything she did not like. Enjoy the mess. Any group of people coming together to make something is exciting and messy. Everything.

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

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A quick look at diversity in the workplace Between 1970 and 1997, after such screens had become embraced for blind auditions, the odds that a woman would advance beyond “certain preliminary rounds” of a tryout increased by 50%, according to a 2000 study published in the American Economic Review. Start at the top. Former Intel CEO Brian M.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience.

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