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Answering Reader Mail on Salary, Finding Great Talent

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Top EAs that work for a famous CEO (think Google, Fortune 100 companies) make as much as low level executives in middle management and have titles like Chief of Staff sometimes. The most popular question on this column is about salary and this is the answer I wrote: How much can the best executive assistants earn in a year?

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

Success

Nobody travels more than me.”. He thanked his mother, who raised him on a secretary’s salary when his biological father left them. He bought Google stock on the first offering, when the company was valued at $100 million. Today Google’s parent company is worth more than $1 trillion. “When it gets to half, put in 20.

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How Big Corporations Are Cutting Their Energy Usage

Eco-Office Gals

So far, thanks to the efforts of Climate Corps, companies like Google, Facebook and Verizon (collectively) have been able to uncover close to a billion dollars in savings that are directly contributed to making wiser decisions as it relates to energy efficiency. Yes, it would appear to be a win/win all the way around.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

What kind of salary are you looking for? Another suggestion is to find out the salary range that was posted for this job and use that. If you get a question that doesnt relate to the job that youre applying for, this type of question is related to how well you work under pressure. Try to give a range, never give a fixed figure.

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Write The Best Job Descriptions In 7 Easy Steps | Free Templates

Recruit CRM

Here are three core pointers of a good job description: Explains the reality of the role Showcases the organisation's culture, and A bit of marketing for the company In short, a job description is used for a variety of reasons— starting from the most obvious, which is recruiting, determining salary ranges, creating job goals, job titles and more.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary. This happens so often within large corporations, since most of them care only about the bottom line - money! Money, of course, is important, but what about the customer? Providing excellent customer service is crucial.

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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