Success

DECEMBER 20, 2022

While the holidays are certainly joyful, shopping for others can sometimes add more stress than you’d anticipated, especially if you’re trying to purchase Christmas gifts on a budget. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $30. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $50. Christmas Gifts on a Budget: Under $75.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you. Be mindful of your boss' preferences, perks, and style of working, communicating, and handling stress, conflict, bad news, good news, etc. I block out time on my calendar when I know I will have to work overtime because it's budget season. Do they know the vm passwords?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

You will see that aside from typing, Word, and Excel, some of the bigger companies will test you on logic, grammar, listening, putting together a budget, creativity, and more. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. How can you make yourself easily found?

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Who's the Real Boss?

AUGUST 31, 2020

The same theory applies when you’re temping too, or even contracting as a minute taker – find someone on that team that you can check things with so that you’re always showing yourself up as the most knowledgeable and professional minute taker going around.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

I was stressed out from the pace of work and also the length of a couple of special projects with a long lead time. We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. A week or two ago, it was one of those weeks where my brain just felt tired.

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Virtual Moxie

JANUARY 24, 2011

cutting way back on what you spend, living on a tight budget, etc. Temp three days per week so that you have some steady income, and work in your VA practice two full days per week In this way, you have income, and you have specific, defined time to work on building your practice. The money saved begins to build your reserves.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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