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Is job hopping the only way up the career ladder for assistants?

Practically Perfect PA

Apparently, being loyal to one company doesn’t necessarily pay off (both in terms of salary and promotion) and moving from one role to another in pretty quick succession is becoming less frowned upon. It can be a lot easier to find a new role and negotiate an increased salary during the recruitment process. Download the eBook.

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Answering Reader Mail: The Other Assistant Isn't As Qualified - Should I Express My Interest?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

So, some reasons why a previous assistant does not come with their boss are: 1) The boss moves to a new city/state and the previous assistant can’t come because they don’t want to/can’t move, the commute becomes too far, or they don’t want to work in the new office/environment. This also could be an objective assessment from anyone.

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77 Things I Did In 2010

Brilliantly Better

Took some time to familiarize myself with the iPad environment but in the end I made it. From the selection phase, going through the interview and negotiation phases, all seemed incredibly familiar. It also was downloaded more than 500 times without no promotion at all, only word of mouth. Launched my first iPad app.

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How To Invest In Yourself (And Why)

Brilliantly Better

Maybe you think you’re a brilliant negotiator, but that may be just an inconsistent cloud in your ego. I learned tons of stuff about project management , programming, getting things done , negotiation, financial planning and a lot more. We’re floating from one environment to the the next one.

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How To Train Your Brain

Brilliantly Better

What’s interesting is that I noticed an increased ability to juggle with different programming environments and languages, switching easily from Objective C (yes, I finally become a friend of Xcode) and Lua (using a somehow exotic SDK for cross-platform game development). Being busy, so to speak.