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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!) Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Outsourcing - Good or Bad?

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Friday, September 14, 2007 Filed Under: Organize , Prioritize , Productivity D oes your firm want to save money? Retrieve Your Files with Ease Is You Boss Not Giving You Enough Work? Home About Me Advertise Outsourcing - Good or Bad? Everyone could use a little more green in their wallets.

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Miss Moneypenny

Laughing all the Way to Work

revised February 2008) The Associated Press reports that her first appearance was in 1962 as the secretary to M, the head of the secret service. just to see her take on organizing files!) Anne Hathaway- as Andy Sachs in “The Devil Wears Prada” - Who hasn’t been snide to a temp? Call me crazy. It won't be the first nor last time.

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Virtual workers can be from a “Temp-Agency&# or a from contracting firms. Both of these relationships are good for your cost-planning because they are not fixed, permanent costs, they are variable cost, meaning, when the project is finished the contract for your temp-workers, contractors finishes too. Have a nice day!

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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. 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.