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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

I worked and temped at various places in general administrator/secretarial roles until I found a job where I really felt I could make a difference. I got married, moved countries (with a cat) and had a baby in 9 months! March 2001 saw me heading back to the UK as a single mum with 2 young children and so started my career part 2.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles. 2) How manageable are you?

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

They will revisit their files and notes and reach out to you as jobs become available. As you are job hunting, think hard about if you want to temp, freelance, do contract work, temp-to-hire, or direct hire roles only and under which circumstance. Your former colleagues will also think of you. Job hunt with focus.

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Virtual workers can be from a “Temp-Agency&# or a from contracting firms. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Contractor , Employment , How to.

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. This was mostly as a temp during very slow months when the entire industry was on vacation, but I’m sure the paycheck wasn’t as amazing as yours. I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. 2) I got laid off.