Office Dynamics
JUNE 27, 2016
I know that when I travel in the summer to places that are 85 degrees with 80% humidity, I feel like a mess! Is your company cost conscious therefore keeping the temp in the office higher than you would like it? Did you ever notice how when the temperatures rise or it is hot, humid and sticky, people are less patient?
On The Job
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
It's a move designed to give them flexibility in dealing with the improving market, but it's also a way to keep their costs under control. Many companies don't offer temporary workers any benefits, so that helps greatly reduce their costs. Companies are opening up all kinds of work in these areas. Being vocal.
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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.
Small Business Labs
JUNE 3, 2010
While everyone focuses on the lower cost of contingent workers, we believe the increased business flexibility they provide is at least an equally important driver. The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps. These are folks who turn to self-employment because they can't find a job.
Laughing all the Way to Work
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
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. And that’s where a virtual administrative assistant can step in to make all the difference.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JUNE 6, 2013
EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. It also costs a lot to hire someone else because finding the time to find the right person and training them is expensive in energy, manpower, resources, and money. Therefore, I only say the following just to say it and be thorough.
Men With Pens
DECEMBER 1, 2009
You recently wrote in a medium that’s probably more familiar to our readers: an article about your home in Miguasha that was published in National Geographic Traveler as one of the world’s 50 destinations of a lifetime. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.
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