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Book Review: Raw Deal - How the Uber Economy is Screwing American Workers

Small Business Labs

  For example, Hill spends 10 pages oddly attacking the left leaning Freelancers Union and it's founder Sara Horowitz. Because of this dark side, we need better laws and protections for temps, contract workers and others being unfairly exploited or in need of more economic security.  For example, the U.S.

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"Gig" - The Word of the Year

Small Business Labs

  For example, the NPR article points out the good side of the gig economy: The Financial Times explains that in the future, work will be less secure but lots more exciting. We also regularly call for increased protections for gig workers and new laws and policies to make gig work more secure. 

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year. It always perplexes me when small companies do not hire a temp or have in mind another staff person to fill in for the admin or EA to go on a vacation or call in sick.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. 8) Be responsive I have a personal policy to respond to all emails within 24 hours if not if within 7 hours at most. For example, I got promoted after being at a company fairly quickly.

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Standard Operating Procedures: Tips for Creating Business Systems | Office Organization & Office Efficiency | OfficeArrow

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Thats especially important for tasks that you handle less frequently - quarterly or annually, for example - or for when youve just come back from a long absence or vacation. They ensure consistency of work results by creating a step-by-step process (a road map, if you will) of your responsibilities so that you are more productive.

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Answering Reader Mail: Being Terminated (Social Etiquette Part 2)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The example of how it could be misconstrued wasn’t helpful to you, but nonetheless, what she was saying was, “My focus is on your social etiquette behavior and I am pointing it out to you.” While the company has a lax policy of just make sure your work gets done, the fact that the event was related to amicable termination is the problem.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

For example, you’ve mentioned that you want to be paid for what you do, for the hours that go into your work and exposing yourself so much to your fans. On our blog, for example, we write three times a week, regularly, religiously. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.

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