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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

At first blush, my pride flared up and my internal Vanessa started to craft a sassy retort to the gentleman about the awesomeness of my resume, yada yada. For most administrative professionals, the majority of our roles contain functions that recur, such as calendar management, expense reporting and travel arrangements.

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Answering Reader Mail: Career Progression, Wearing Different Hats, and Realistic Expectations

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

This week’s question also comes from an international/non USA reader! EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. It also costs a lot to hire someone else because finding the time to find the right person and training them is expensive in energy, manpower, resources, and money.