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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

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Getting a promotion is an exciting event for employees. However, some of that excitement is probably due to the pay raise that they expect will come with the promotion. But sometimes employers offer promotions without an increase in pay, a growing phenomenon called dry promotions. What is a dry promotion?

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What You Can Learn About Making Decisions From a Baseball Umpire

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When asked about a possible interview for this story, a team official said, “He doesn’t talk about umpires.” Two former umpires, many retired from the major leagues, see each umpire in his respective league six times. There have been years with no one moving up, other times we’ve had 10 guys promoted,” Kayser says.

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Ep 243: Nicole Grinnell on Delegation and Unlocking Your Productivity Potential

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All those traditional holiday things, go to the plaza, just walk through go through the park. Nicole Grinnell 5:57 Yeah, so I’m the CEO that I was mainly supporting, actually retired. And so I started serving my COO for about five or 10 hours a week, he was retired. Jeremy Burrows 2:49 Nice.

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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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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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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

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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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