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Does it Make Sense for the CEO of a VC-Funded Company to Hire an EA?

C-Suite Assistants

When thinking about this, make sure to discount the time you waste ramping up after each distraction or interruption. It’s an arbitrage- an EA who works 2000 hours a year and has a salary of $100,000 a year costs you $50 an hour. appeared first on C Suite Assistants.

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Answering Reader Mail: Can an EA salary support a family?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I believe you can raise a family on an EA salary whether alone or with a significant other. Here are some money management tips I've learned over the years that may help you. Learn the value of compound interest and each paycheck pay yourself to your savings accounts as much as you can, typically 10-35 per cent of your paycheck.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

And I learned. Wow, did I learn about show business, about being a working woman, about making hard choices, and about life. Neither of us dared to think our work together would last for 25 years which leads me to one of the first lessons I learned. Theatre is a collaborative art and I learned that so too, is the workplace.

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Getting buy in from the boss

Practically Perfect PA

Will you share your learning with other Assistants thus increasing the ROI? Salary Increase. Over time I managed to add several hotels to our Globally Approved Travel Program, which enabled all global staff to benefit from discounted rates and also obtained supplier discounts for our intranet company benefits portal.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views January 6, 2017

Eat Your Career

If you missed them, take a peek here: 3 Reasons to Never Skip Salary Negotiation When Accepting a New Job. Quick note: If you are interested in learning more about this topic, members of the Free Career Resource Library get a special discount on my book, The Proactive Professional.

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The Good, Better, Best of Professional Development for Admins

Jen Lawrence

Despite being offered a six-figure salary, I politely declined. Because being respected and valued at work is more important than a high salary. Yes, a high salary may provide me with the opportunity to have a cushier life. So you may be thinking, “Does offering training really counterbalance a less than stellar salary?”

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Highlights from a Talk With the CEO of SHRM: What HR Really Thinks About EAs

Bonnie Low Kramen

On the other hand, I hear from assistants that job descriptions are obsolete, salary bands are slow to move, and job titles do not reflect the level of responsibility for the role. You can get a 30% discount when you subscribe through us. Pretty valuable people, most would say. Assistants are underpaid. This surprised Johnny.