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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

Allwork

Even if an employee doesn’t file a claim but is merely alleging age discrimination, HR and legal will likely investigate the allegation as a best practice. Maybe you are ready to trade in some salary for greater flexibility in hours or location.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant—NOT!

Office Dynamics

The writer immediately points out that technology and automation have chipped away at duties like papers to be filed and landlines to be answered. And yet assistants help file digital documents and manage calls through their cell phones, so the skills required for these tasks haven’t completely gone away. This is not communicating.

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Job Hunting Tips & Telling Your Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

To conduct a job hunt confidentially, only tell those people you MUST (the recruiters you are interviewing with, etc). 2) Keep in mind, if you work work for someone high level and are basically chained to your desk, you have to find a way to interview while keeping up your workload at your current job. Give proper notice.

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Even if you aren't that aggressive in marketing yourself while you have a job, it's likely that previous companies that interviewed you or HR people that you knew will remember you and keep you in their database. They will revisit their files and notes and reach out to you as jobs become available. Make a decision.

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10 Tips to be a Better Executive Assistant - Part 3

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

As soon as you get an email or piece of paper, deal with it. I delete it, flag it to deal with later, file it to a folder, or answer it right away. If I flag it for later I at least say I got their email. In all emails with other assistants we started referring to our bosses by initials only. This is part 3.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

The book is divided into 13 chapters filled with gems of deep insight, such as, “Mental attitude attracts to you the physical counterparts of your dominating thoughts as surely as an electromagnet attracts steel filings. Most people think of negotiation as an “us-versus-them” situation.

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