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The Good and Bad of Freelancing

Small Business Labs

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. It can feel like Monday every day of the week. most often they feel like lost time.   

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 8: Publishing Industry Opportunities

Loosely Speaking

Contents of this episode: Tips: Katie shares a boatload of other business podcasts that can help you stay current in your profession and Tara makes a suggestion about creative holiday marketing ideas. Interview: Tara spoke with Jan B. How you can be a part of AZVAs the Podcast ! Click here to retrieve the details.

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Answering Reader Mail: Re-Entering the Admin Field

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I thoroughly enjoy the diversity of these positions, the project management, and the role of admin support. Call your old contacts, do informational interviews, network twice removed. I can see that you are already doing the informational interviews, even if only online. This experience spanned from 1997 to 2010.

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Some People see Roadblocks -- Others see Hurdles.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I am part of the project management office at my company and I hear the term roadblocks all the time. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S.

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10 Tips on Taking a Vacation (and Derek DelGaudio)

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

We also got 2 floating/personal holidays, about 3-10 sick days, and also working in the entertainment industry, most places shut down for the last 10-14 days of the year. We also get most bank holidays, half day or early closure before a long weekend, and some companies close early on Fridays during the summer at 2pm or 3pm.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

His Get Attitude podcast won a Communicator Award for Diversity & Inclusion for his 8:46 Interviews Stories of Black America. Celebrated annually on September 25, it is the first-ever global holiday day dedicated to activating ideas, goals and dreams. And in 2012, Egwuonwu founded World Dream Day. Paul Epstein. Candy Valentino.

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