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The Predictions for Small Business Saturday 2023 Are In—Here’s How to Optimize Them for Your Business

Success

It’s creeping up faster than we thought—the series of holidays that can make or break your bottom line for the year. Originally launched 13 years ago as a campaign from American Express , the day is meant to inspire consumers to turn to their own communities for holiday gift shopping.

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

On The Job

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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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees.

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. So, it's best to search for temporary, short-term admin work via temping, volunteering, applying for part time work so you have something to put on your resume. I've been blogging for about 4 years now so that's a lot of material!

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

Laughing all the Way to Work

You can bolster your resume and your skills by performing similar services at low costs for people in your hometown and ask them to provide testimonials when you’re looking for online work. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine."

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The staffing agent asked if I was open to temp to perm, even though the position was for a full time EA, he feels the CEO may need time to see if it is a good fit. I have no idea how long "temp" is considered before they would offer the permanent position. It feels like a bait and switch and there are no guarantees.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Electronic distribution of media is a double-edged sword, it gives the creators the advantages of lower cost of entry and the ability to work from just about anywhere. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue. That whole purity thing is so outdated, man.

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