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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

You'll find yourself getting calls and emails a couple of times a year if not once a month. As you are job hunting, think hard about if you want to temp, freelance, do contract work, temp-to-hire, or direct hire roles only and under which circumstance. Your former colleagues will also think of you. Job hunt with focus.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Try to set up the communication of the office so your boss checks their own emails and responds, but you are in charge of all the mtg coordination, phones, and anything that happens in the office. If you have to purchase stuff for your boss - ask to xerox the credit card, both front and back now. Do they know the vm passwords?