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

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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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Episode 251: Being a Late Bloomer with Rich Karlgaard

Productivityist

A self-proclaimed late bloomer, he had a mediocre academic career at Stanford (which he got into by a fluke), and after graduating, worked as a dishwasher, night watchman, and typing temp before finally finding the inner motivation and drive that ultimately led him to his current career trajectory. This episode is brought to you by MetPro.

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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 into social media for your skill set and self branding.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

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." Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come?

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Don't get sidetracked from your life and career goals. As you become more established and learn to network well and brand yourself through social media, you'll find that headhunters and recruiters will call you in hopes of poaching you. While their offers can be enticing, make sure it aligns with your life and career goals.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). The end goal is to get a job offer, but first you must be invited to an interview.

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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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?