Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. I am copied on highly confidential information and I read emails that seem to be written in a new language – sales speak. Thank you so much for your email!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 13, 2011

We swapped stories about interview attire. It has paid off where I got a phone call or an interview. Nothing pays off like a more personal touch and reaching out in unconventional ways when everyone is updating their FB status, tweeting, emailing, and filling out online applications. Hi, @AllyRae! out of frustration.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Wear proper attire. Since you are working, you are either in your business casual attire, suit, or whatever appropriate. TV crews and journalists will pester you and try to make you promise an interview. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. It’s crowded.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg McKeown You won’t fulfill your dreams, change the world or make an impact if you’re simply reacting to everyone else’s expectations and requests through a bombardment of emails, meetings, calls and commitments. This isn’t the way it has to be, or even the way it always was,” Dignan writes.

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