Success
MAY 22, 2022
At this inflection point, Frank considered law school while answering phones for the Latin American division of Travelers Insurance. Subsequently, he temped as an illustrator for a big ad agency, where he learned early versions of Flash and code-based animation. They’d misheard his birth name as José. No problem.
Melissa Peoples
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The gentleman on the call introduced himself as a consultant with a well-known local staffing agency who had reviewed the resume I had uploaded to the organization's website. For most administrative professionals, the majority of our roles contain functions that recur, such as calendar management, expense reporting and travel arrangements.
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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JULY 10, 2012
The company will ask that you charge everything from business travel to catered lunches on your credit card and they will reimburse you. Sometimes companies don’t validate for parking especially if you are doing testing at a temp agency and are there for a few hours. You have to wear a different outfit each time.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JUNE 6, 2013
I'm an EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly. When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be the EA to the President and CEO of a North American marketing agency that is growing rapidly.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 3, 2010
The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps. My own experience: December '09, while everyone was getting laid off, I quit my job as executive creative director at a marketing agency and started a a network of media and marketing partners. Web/Tech women work/life balance
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
APRIL 17, 2012
The shortest route is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. Will you be humble enough to take direction and do minor tasks like get coffee, scheduling, and travel? Your best bet is to get some experience in admin and being an EA thru temping or other contract work.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. Sure, some of them might have the same jobs, but you will soon find that sometimes a company will only work with one specific agency. Job hunting is a numbers and timing game.
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