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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

Success

Throughout the day, this self-improvement gift will track body changes in relation to sleep, stress, hormone cycles, activity, meditation and more. The corresponding smartphone app provides regular updates to levels of stress resistance and advice on optimizing routine for specific hormone cycles. Prices start at $35 for a single box.

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How to Handle Your Career Stress

On The Job

Or, you may have thought someone was pulling your leg to tell you that your Ivy League education would net you a 20-hour-a-week temp job with no benefits and have you living at home with your parents. All of us, in some form or another, have undergone great changes in our lives – sometimes because there was no other choice.

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

On The Job

This can be nothing more than a form e-mail saying "got it." I always hear that temp work is a good way to get experience, but wonder if HR ever cares about it. It could be the situation will also improve because so many people are now taking temp work as a way to survive in this economy. When you post a job, be prepared.

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Breaking down Minutes: The Art of Minute Taking

Who's the Real Boss?

The same theory applies when you’re temping too, or even contracting as a minute taker – find someone on that team that you can check things with so that you’re always showing yourself up as the most knowledgeable and professional minute taker going around.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you. Are they type A and super organized so they like lists printed out so they can carry it around or do they like information only in digital form? Be mindful of your boss' preferences, perks, and style of working, communicating, and handling stress, conflict, bad news, good news, etc.

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

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. So do some soul searching, thinking, and determine how much longer you can function with a 60 hour work week so you can form a game plan! Yes, you are playing baseball, but are you a pro or in the little leagues?

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

It’s like stage stress, before walking up on a TV show or a big opening act. was that Kevin seems to believe in what he does as a form of expression. As Kevin mentioned, it’s a form of control. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.

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