Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Do they make inappropriate comments in a professional environment? Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Do you feel that they are overbearing and don’t know when to keep their opinions to themselves? or “I wish I could quit!

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Success

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I just started my own business, and I want to evaluate my income versus my expenses to see where I am currently, with the ultimate goal of hitting the salary I want to make. Create an environment fostering your success. Also, consider your environment—is your home or office dreary or energizing? Keep friends close. Get a leg up.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

A: I've been extremely lucky and have NOT worked for anyone difficult or nightmarish - high standards and extremely fast-paced or high-pressure environments, yes. Compared to, say, a more corporate environment where an executive assistant's career ceiling is really only that of a more senior executive assistant?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We are no longer referred to as ‘the girl’ and we certainly do not have to balance our feminine charms with a can do attitude in a male dominated office environment. We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 29, 2013

We are no longer referred to as ‘the girl’ and we certainly do not have to balance our feminine charms with a can do attitude in a male dominated office environment. We do have to remain silent even if we know intimate details about our boss that might be brilliant gossip. We still need to maintain confidentiality.

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Gossip Salary Filing AT&T 100

Success

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ideal work environment: Rewards and consequences are doled out fairly Productivity-boosting tip: Be OK with good enough Productivity-busting habit to watch out for: Procrastination until perfection. Twos love open office settings and group work, but they’ll work much faster without the distraction of a budding office friendship.

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