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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

2) Ask to meet for fun and to conduct informational interviews When you send out an email as mentioned above, those who are happy to hear from you and want to help you will respond. You can hang out with your friend and informally conduct an informational interview. Those who are too busy will probably just read it and delete.

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Answering Reader Mail: The Other Assistant Isn't As Qualified - Should I Express My Interest?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Any time you interview where this situation occurs you are allowed to ask very politely. 4) The previous assistant does not want to lose any important benefits/tenure/seniority at the previous company whether they be retirement savings, vacation accrual rate, or misc perks they would lose. Can you work on weekends and/or holidays?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

I was calling it early retirement for lack of a better term. I gave them lots of notice and was going to 'semi-retire' in three months. Fast forward to today and I went for the interview and accepted the job and left my other job sooner than expected. What a relief it was when I handed in my resignation.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

The captain didn’t hesitate, despite the small chance she could never fly again if having only one remaining kidney left her too weak to pass stringent pilot health standards. Janet has given me pep talks for job interviews and has helped me when I have forgotten my train pass. There’s really no question.” But she was in luck.

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

If there is only one accountant, what do you do when they take a holiday? I recently set up a small publishing business and interviewed half a dozen accountants before settling on a local chap who was brave enough to publish his fees on the web. I have retired to writing so it’s no longer any problem to me for telling the truth.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Volunteer Global, Interview with Sarah Van Auken Reply Heather Villa ( @IAC_Heather ) December 14, 2009 at 5:39 am While I may not use my degree everyday, it definitely helps in what I do. Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! John Bardos´s last blog.

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