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The Good and Bad of Freelancing

Small Business Labs

There are no set salaries, no limits on how to direct one's efforts. And forget about holidays. Paying out of pocket for health care (not everyone qualifies for the Freelancers Union), quarterly taxes, accounting, bookkeeping, promotion, marketing, negotiations, pre and post project management. There's the possibility.

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The Realities of Job Hunting As A High Level Executive Assistant

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Although your title is Executive Assistant, in reality, your job hunt will reflect that of an executive in years of experience, salary, and specialty. You will find yourself having to juggle an interview schedule and working to continue networking or to not get bored. Your former colleagues will also think of you.

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I'm back!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Fast forward to today and I went for the interview and accepted the job and left my other job sooner than expected. I also had to get ready for a Board of Directors' meeting earlier than expected, but I did it and my boss even negotiated with my new boss so I could go to the final board meeting to finish off that aspect of my job.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I did very well on my interviews and it's down to me and one other EA who already has a full time job. You wrote, “I did very well on my interviews and it's down to me and one other EA who already has a full time job.” I recently found myself out of work and started my search. This can be taken in one of two ways.

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