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More Canadians Becoming Freelancers

Small Business Labs

  The shift towards freelancers, part-timers and other forms of contingent work are powerful and global.   From the article: "The jobs that are coming back are part-time and temporary. The latest data show that there is an ongoing loss of full-time and permanent jobs. Web/Tech women work/life balance

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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

Success

HelloFresh (starting at $59.94) offers a diverse range of meals to choose from that can work around many dietary restrictions, and weekly menus can be managed from a smartphone. True Temp weighted blanket For someone who likes the feeling of being hugged ever so gently while sleeping, this is the blanket.

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

www.officearrow.com

Checklists ensure that all steps or actions occur, not necessarily in a specific order (though that can be part of the process), but rather just that they are completed, while a template is an established pattern - form letters, resume designs - that you can use over and over to produce the same result. OfficeArrow: Working Together for You.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

There are some certification programs out there that, unfortunately, don’t teach you how to build partnership with your executive or how to manage your executive’s day; but our programs do. (JB). We get to know all our attendees and form long-lasting relationships. I have a BS in management and over 15 years work experience.

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

In your case, she may have been able to influence the SVP, CEO, HR, or the other assistants because she is in charge of all admin and it’s her duty to manage them. And part of that is managing up - bringing things to their boss' attention and up the chain it goes. Bosses usually ask themselves themselves: How manageable is an employee?

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

When we were a smaller agency, I was the EA and Office Manager for a smaller facility. I'm really interested in progressing and developing my skills but feel that managing the office is hindering my ability to focus on the core of being an EA. Do you want to manage people or actually do the work? Why do I bring this up?

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Being a Hiring Manager Doesn't Give.

On The Job

Rules for being a good hiring manager/interviewer: 1. This can be nothing more than a form e-mail saying "got it." I went to NYC for a job interview - traveled 4 hours from DC and the hiring manager made me wait half an hour, didn't even offer me a water or coffee. Now, I think its time I gave some pointers to interviewers.