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The Predictions for Small Business Saturday 2023 Are In—Here’s How to Optimize Them for Your Business

Success

Not only did it stick, but it became a profitable and pivotal day for businesses looking to their end-of-year profit goals. Consider looking to contractors, temps or other nontraditional employees to ensure you can optimize the day’s profit potential. It’s worth a little effort—last year, American Express reported $17.9

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Green Colleges in the US Lead the Way in Sustainability

Eco-Office Gals

The super storm that caused massive damage up and down the Eastern seaboard might have been the last straw for those that have been loudly promoting sustainability, and excuses are just no longer acceptable. The University has set a hard and fast goal to cut all of its greenhouse emissions by a whopping 75% over the next dozen years.

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. While your ultimate goal is FT job in admin, the only thing that will get you there is recent experience in admin - the good ol' fashioned catch-22. Get a basic understanding and learn how to promote yourself or your future employer so you can network better.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

2) Make it clear you have bigger goals. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager. When you job hunt keep this in mind.

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

A certification can certainly help you get promoted to an executive assistant position or be considered for an executive assistant position. 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. – Julie Cooper, CAP-OM.

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Perhaps you are already a 2nd or 3rd assistant to someone high profile and you want to run the office of your executive as you get promoted through the years. 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. Job hunt with focus.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The shortest route is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. Your best bet is to get a job with an executive that is also climbing the ladder so you follow them as they get promoted. Many pay their dues by working 24/7 the first couple of years before they get more experience or promoted.

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