Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

Don't get sidetracked from your life and career goals. While their offers can be enticing, make sure it aligns with your life and career goals. 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. Make a decision.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

As the assistant wanting to get approval, you would fill in the Goal/Learning Objectives column and then present that to your executive and show the benefits of each. It goes back to what I said about your career goals and aspirations. Is that in line with your goals and the other things I discussed you consider in the webinar.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

The shortest route is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. Be honest you understand the paycut and why it doesn't bother you at the appropriate time in the interview process. Your best bet is to get some experience in admin and being an EA thru temping or other contract work. Why be an EA?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Start reading now about your company's mission, strategy, and goals. The goal is to have at your fingertips information you will need at a moment's notice. If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you. Your goal is to become a mini-me version of them and to make their life easier. Do they know the vm passwords?

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 23, 2012

In part one of this four part interview, Rob talks about what he does at Zappos, how the company handles operating 24/7, what the training process is like for Zappos employees, and how the company makes the most out of cross-training its employees. And I started in the company as a temp worker in 2004. It’s all about contact volume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The goal is to get INFORMATION and ADVICE which almost anyone can provide, not ask for an interview, a favor, or a job. 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. I highlight important information.

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

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. Flow Charts You might decide a flow chart will better illustrate the logic behind how your business process flows. Its that simple. Business systems are beneficial, too.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

And then the process begins again with new ideas and new ways of doing business being developed as the old ones become stale. Producers: these people execute a repeatable process. Improvers: these people upgrade, change or make a repeatable process better. This is the fourth job. Why do I bring this up?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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Recruit CRM

MAY 29, 2021

This podcast brings a unique voice to the goals of creating an online personal brand or employer presence and tips on various recruitment marketing strategies & candidate sourcing. Being one of the best recruitment podcasts out there, Dualta gives bespoke hiring solutions and helps recruiters with hiring processes.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 16, 2007

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." Virtual Assistants will enable you to outsource – what I call non core business processes, like bookkeeping, call handling, typing, etc.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

It’s a grueling process to keep doing for a year or more. 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. It also looks bad on one’s resume.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You know, what’s the goal? Nice to read about your writing process in-depth. Now the mad place is locked thanks to treatment and my creative process is much healthier… but I still see the lights under the door. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.

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