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How Big Corporations Are Cutting Their Energy Usage

Eco-Office Gals

Businesses need all kinds of resources in order to thrive and one of their best ones are the interns that they recruit. In 2008, they created a program that is called the Climate Corps. Oh, and that interns can be more than people who get coffee and do filing. This is where the EDF comes in. They literally can be world changers.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

What kind of salary are you looking for? Another suggestion is to find out the salary range that was posted for this job and use that. If you get a question that doesnt relate to the job that youre applying for, this type of question is related to how well you work under pressure. Try to give a range, never give a fixed figure.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service D o you find that people are passing calls and e-mails from person to person, getting the client more and more frustrated? Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary. Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer?

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

You might have interest income, rental income, and investment income along with your business income or salary. She is the former Treasurer for the International Virtual Assistants Association serving on their Board of Directors for the term 2005-2008. Then write down how many hours you spend working to earn each type of income.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Here’s how to tell if your salary is sound. Kelly the Intern: Angel investors and Green guidance : PROFIT’s crack researcher explains how to get notices by angel investors and where companies can get money for going green. Do you earn what you should? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have asked for a raise however, but it was after I considered a move somewhere else and wasnt sure I wanted to go, so gave my employer a chance to match the new salary and they did. I think that during the process of your performance appraisal it would be a good time to bring it up, but I never have. P.S. I Love You Happy New Year!