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What I Did This Summer: WordCamp Edition

Tips From T. Marie

Luckily, the temps here in Maine this week look like it should make it easy to pretend the first signs of leaves turning aren’t showing up on Autumn Lane. Now it’s time to catch up, even if the weather is whispering summer sweet nothings in my ear. I signed up early and with great anticipation waited for the snow to thaw.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Answering Reader Mail: What Do Employers Look for in High-Level EA Candidates?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If you’re afraid you’ll only be picking up dry cleaning all day, you can state what you are looking for by saying, “My background has been as an executive assistant, where 90% of my workload related to the office and 10% was personal business handling x, y, z.” This means when you show up for the interview you are courteous to everyone.

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Is The EA Role Right For You?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I started out as a temp and figured I’d pay my dues, network, and hop to another company or department. You have a customer service attitude with the sophistication, grace, and diplomacy of royalty. So, know what your unique selling point is and play that area up, regardless of which field you choose!

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Interview with Rob Siefker of Zappos – Part 1 of 4

Service Untitled

Service Untitled: So tell me about your role and what you do at Zappos. Rob: I am the director of the Zappos Customer Loyalty Team. And I started in the company as a temp worker in 2004. How to establish a customer service culture Customers frequently offer feedback; sometimes it is solicited, and sometimes.

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

look at it this way, you are getting a professional on a timeshare basis, and believe me when I say, having you phone answered in a professional manner makes a lot of difference to your business, or keeping up with your bookkeeping, so you know where you are – this all will make your business much more professional. Have a nice day!

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