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Allwork
OCTOBER 30, 2023
According to a TopInterview survey, 57% of respondents reported that they had been left without communication after an interview. In fact, the specter of being left in the dark after an interview haunts more job seekers than rejection or making a bad impression. In the corporate world, ghosting has taken on a new, unnerving meaning.
Success
JUNE 6, 2023
Level up your payment structure through incentives and salary matching CEO of Big Blue Marble Academy, Jeff Wahl, says a teacher at one of their 57 locations was ready to quit and move to warehouse work for $1 more per hour. Instead, the company counter-offered in an effort to retain the teacher.
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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. Their first impressions are hard to beat and, in an interview, Threes have a way of making past failures look like success.
Practically Perfect PA
OCTOBER 19, 2016
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. Here are a few of my thoughts… Salary increase. Applying for jobs outside of the PA role. Lots of different experiences.
Office Dynamics
JANUARY 21, 2020
Executive assistants are running meetings, making hiring decisions, giving presentations, negotiating contracts, managing budgets and are considered co-leaders. She received the biggest salary of her lifetime with all kinds of perks. I am disappointed that the writer did not interview more companies. She is living it up.
Laughing all the Way to Work
DECEMBER 5, 2015
My boss left for another opportunity and couldn't take me with him because it was a very French environment and I unfortunately only speak English. Fast forward to today and I went for the interview and accepted the job and left my other job sooner than expected. It was certainly exciting at first and my boss was great to work for.
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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