Success

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

After I retired, my wife and family wanted me to take a predictable, boring agency job. I explained that if I failed , I could always go back to boring agency work like many of my fellow retirees—to do that would have been an existential death. Olympic rowing team—a sport I picked up in college—and became a national champion.

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Success

MAY 22, 2022

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , private industry American workers (making up just shy of 85% of all workers in the U.S.) When that’s the standard, is it any wonder that employers can tempt potential employees with limitless holiday time? An alternative to unlimited paid time off: minimum leave.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Whether you’re looking for a holiday gift, a birthday gift, or just something special to show your love and appreciation, we’ve got you covered. Digital nomads travel the world, often packing lightly so that they can easily move on to a new city or country and set up a new base there. 12 of the Best Gift Ideas for Digital Nomads .

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Success

JUNE 19, 2023

Business leaders have a new solution to alleviating employee burnout and helping them create more balance —hiring virtual assistants (VAs) to free up employees’ time and creative energy. She says her employees’ VAs were essential over holiday break to “hit the ground running in 2023.”

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Recruit CRM

DECEMBER 20, 2021

And guess who's making it more effortless this Holiday season? Apart from ruling this time of the year and spreading some insane Holiday cheer, Santa's here to give recruiters some killer recruitment tips that'll make you go bonkers. Build a Great Brand Santa is the most beloved Holiday icon, right? Santa Claus!

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Success

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

How do I have agency? She decided to focus on shoplifting—one of her most painful behaviors—knowing that if she didn’t, she would likely end up in jail, becoming a statistic instead of a success story. Watching them show up for themselves,” she says, “watching them show up for their own lives, is constantly awe-inspiring.”

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Recruit CRM

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The Holiday Season is the perfect time to connect with your clients! Whether it's by showing your loyal clients how you care, to warm up present and past leads, or even entice new ones with some strong advertisement campaigns, there’s a tremendous chance to use Christmas to your marketing benefit. Spread Festive Joy With Videos!

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Allwork

MARCH 1, 2023

s fastest-growing media agencies, MediaLab , and held in collaboration with an organization focused on boosting the number of minority ethnic employees in the media industry, Media for All (MEFA). A panel discussion recently attempted to unpick how organizations can develop culturally sensitive mental health support in the workplace.

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Success

MARCH 22, 2023

Last year her talent agency, C Talent, was acquired by Whalar in a deal that’s making history as “one of the largest investments ever made in Disabled talent within the creator industry,” according to her profile on RollingStone culture council. “My At that time, I was [uncontrollably] vomiting up to 30 times a day.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Maybe the boss ensures that you get your favorite color of nail polish at holiday time. twice a week for a yoga instructor who soon has up to 15 workers on the floor going through downward facing dogs and backbends. And that''s not uncommon at the agency that has clients such as Hasbro. Maybe you can bring your dog to work.

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Ian's Messy Desk

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

In an attempt to head off the holiday hassle this year, here are a few tips on creating a personal holiday checklist to make the holidays go as smoothly as possible. Establish some boundaries before you get caught up in having so much to do you can’t enjoy the season. Contact agencies early to volunteer.

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Recruit CRM

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Most recruitment agencies see an average response rate of 15-20% with cold emails. Unfortunately, many recruiters end up writing a perfect email body but struggle to write a catchy subject line. You have to give time and effort to write a good subject line, or else you'll end up unread, or worse, marked as spam. Keep it short.

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A peak hiring season can typically be seen during the new year from January-February and September-October, just before the holidays. With Holidays approaching and recruiting slowing down around November and December, it's easier to get lost in the chaos. Holiday events are also an excellent opportunity to expand your network.

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Success

MARCH 17, 2022

That polished, professional A-team came to wrap up an account worth a couple of million dollars annually. When my client ships the tools, it also sends in teams of skilled salespeople to help each client set up jobs, train employees and answer questions, therefore providing a more-valued (and higher-priced) commodity.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Small Business world News Round-up – 2009/10/27 by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 27, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 5, 2017

I get woken up by the sound of the first train leaving the local station at 5.15am! First thing I do is check my emails, I signed up to get alerts if there were any delays on my train route into Waterloo. Once I’ve done that difficult or boring task I get through both my boss’ and my emails, making sure I’m up to date with everything.

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Page Personnel

OCTOBER 30, 2019

To a full-timer, this means that a routine dentist check-up is not going to break the bank, since the company has you covered. This serves as a way of ‘stocking up’ hours during the busy times, to cover you for either low times of year, or unexpected bills that might throw the budget out. And that’s a good thing.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

It would be easy to let our founders speak for themselves about the dynamic of a partnership leading the way at Huemor , the UX agency we work at. As the holidays approach, we’re wrapping up our biggest year yet. With the right dynamic, it can create a rich, creative environment for employees. Something must be going right.

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C-Suite Assistants

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Although it isn’t prohibited by law, you should not bring up the subject of politics in a job interview. Are you going to want to take time off for religious holidays? Do not ask about the person’s citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, age or genetic information, marital status or number of children. Where is your accent from?

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Productivityist

JUNE 24, 2014

Sitting around and debating arcane positions instead of getting up and getting work done are opposed in almost every regard. But with The Obstacle is The Way , author Ryan Holiday has written a book about how to use philosophy as a system for being productive. We try to chisel, climb, or move. We try to chisel, climb, or move.

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Allwork

JUNE 5, 2023

A lot of people, when they hear that name, they’re like, oh, their ears perk up. So when you say there’s a revolution, does everybody have to quit from those companies and say, no, my revolution is to stand up and say, I won’t take it anymore and leave. So people are fed up. I’m all in for that.

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Productivityist

JUNE 24, 2014

Mike offers up book reviews here at Productivityist , and he writes about other things he''s learned at People Smarter Than Me. Sitting around and debating arcane positions instead of getting up and getting work done are opposed in almost every regard. The following review is written by Mike Dariano. We try to chisel, climb, or move.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Some of the good deeds include delivering 100 Easter eggs to children in a hospital dressed up as a bunny and putting on a birthday party for a woman in a care home who was turning 100, but had no family. In her mid-20s, Taja Dockendorf founded Pulp+Wire, a full-service consumer packaging, branding and marketing agency. Paul Epstein.

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Workplace Insight

MAY 4, 2022

When a pilot programme for a four day week was announced in the UK early in the New Year, #4dayweek trended for days on twitter, with jokey comments on how employees taking part in the trial should do everything not to ‘f it up for the rest of us.’ But behind the humour there’s a real issue with productivity in the UK.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 19, 2012

We both went our separate ways: I moved out west with my young daughter and started working for an oil company and she got married, started a family and continued to work at the law enforcement agency we had both worked for. A few years later we reconnected and now we are the best of friends. And the same for another person I worked with.

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On The Job

JANUARY 19, 2010

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, January 19, 2010 How to Move from Temporary Work to a Full-Time Gig When I was in high school I landed my first holiday job working at a small J.C. I soon dubbed it as "The Dead Zone."

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Energage

JANUARY 31, 2017

A cultural cornerstone at AI happens not during the December holiday season, but at Thanksgiving, which also has a purpose. That was up 8 percentage points from a year earlier. You can’t do better than 100 percent…and that was the 2016 Workplace Survey results revealed among AI’s sales, marketing, and agency managers.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

CONNECT WITH NICOLE Nicole on LinkedIn Bosun Solutions Mic’d Up Booking ABOUT NICOLE Nicole Grinnell is the CEO of a multi million dollar company and has a passion for helping other business owners find affordable solutions to help grow their business. And so I sort of moved up. Jeremy Burrows 2:49 Nice. Where did you jump in?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 23, 2010

Agencies such as World Vision are on the ground now helping where they can. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. Victor Said on February 24th, 2010 at 7:10 am The only issue I have with students is that during certain times of the school year they are too busy or unavailable (exams, holidays, breaks), but definitely worth it. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. Follow up any appointments you make so that nothing is left to chance. 411 Look Up 411.ca Excellent material!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Everyone up here calls him Obama and our Prime Minister is called Harper. For example, addressing the Minister of (insert govt agency here) is it Honourable so and so or Mr. or Ms. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Excellent material!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). It is a way to catch up and keep the doors of communication open. And then share 3 things about yourself.

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Denise Aday

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

But I ran back across it today while in digital clean-up mode and wondered what to do with it. On behalf of my clients, I work with other VAs, as well as virtual assistance agencies both inside and outside the US. When there’s plenty of business – or even too much – I’m busy just keeping up.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

After only 2 weeks, I found a great company through a staffing agency and the position was full time working for a wonderful CEO. Keep in mind, the role of a staffing agency/HR is to work for the company and to protect the CEO/client, their company, and their business, and their money. How long do you think is fair?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

I earn good money, set my own hours, and I don’t have to deal with the stress of traffic, corporate politics, and an office full of idiots and suck-ups. You’re going to need it someday when the smoking and fatty deli sandwiches catch up with you. Oh, and no ties. I hate ties. I work in jeans and Hawaiian shirts.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 10, 2010

How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. Back when I used to work for advertising and marketing agencies, the client would choose from a list of agencies they had heard of and get us to pitch. How could they not know?

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