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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

Discuss your skill set, experience and abilities in a confident manner. 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. Why should we hire you? Try to relay this type of question to some part of your past jobs.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

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

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Critical Considerations When Jumping to a Small Employer

On The Job

For one reason, you may not like doing without all the corporate-world goodies (including the salary), and for another, a small employer may not want you. A recent survey by Network Solutions and the University of Maryland found that of 1,000 small businesses surveyed, 69 percent made a profit in 2008. Not want you?

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Oh, Mexico: A Burned-Out CEO Turns a Ranch into a Retreat

Success

I thought this was going to be another year of travel for me,” Harper says about her sojourn in Mexico. “I I was going to be there for two weeks and plan my travel. Another plan in the pipeline is to further employees’ education by offering courses that develop skills in computer science and HVAC technologies, for example.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I would love to take some courses but being out in the west it is hard because most of them are located in Toronto and travel is a hard one to sell for my position. However now with the economic times I think travel will be a no go for some time yet. Thanks for the help Maura January 13, 2009 Patricia Robb said. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

Success

From dealing with the challenges I never would have chosen (experiencing an armed robbery and numerous family tragedies) to those I’ve willingly taken on (having four children in five years while moving around the world), I’ve discovered that courage is a skill. And, like all skills, it can be learned and mastered.

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I'm back!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

In 2008 I took a job as an Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary to a non-profit corporation. The CEO I was working for at the time was very busy and my meeting scheduling skills were put to the test. And travel he did. He even made the super elite travelling club (which means he had travelled over a million miles).