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Etiquette Lessons for the Company Picnic

On The Job

And with the increasing temps comes the surest sign of summer: An invitation to the office picnic. Such events are often seen as a way to let your hair down and enjoy time away from the office, but they’re also a minefield of potential etiquette disasters that can derail your career. Limit drinking. Follow the rules. Participate.

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Spring Cleaning

Loosely Speaking

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs Spring Cleaning Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:07 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Cleanup Knitter , Life of the Virtual Assistant After referring to self as “Cleanup Knitter&# in my last post, it felt as though I should work a little harder to earn that title.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How to Move from Temporary Work to a.

On The Job

One night I started re-dressing all the mannequins in clothes I liked better. Levit, author of “New Job, New You” cautions that before such an inquiry you should make sure you’ve been doing a great job at the position you were hired to fill as a temp. You’ve got to demonstrate that even as a temp, you’re a great fit for the company.

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

In January 1986, Bonnie Low-Kramen, who was 27 at the time and temping in Broadway box offices as she tried to carve out a career as an actor, was tipped off to a gig as the public-relations director for the Whole Theatre, a small theater in northern New Jersey. ” A three-day in-person event with Low-Kramen costs $2,800 a person.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

In the Quebec music industry, I tend to see many artists helping each other out, playing together, promoting events together… truly joining together to be one group of people who believe in what they do. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.

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