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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s creeping up faster than we thought—the series of holidays that can make or break your bottom line for the year. Originally launched 13 years ago as a campaign from American Express , the day is meant to inspire consumers to turn to their own communities for holiday gift shopping.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Where will you get flowers, baby gifts, birthday cakes, catered lunch, a venue for the holiday party, wine, a list of all the hot restaurants in town? If you are out sick, a temp will have to sub for you. Don't forget about official, company, school, and religious holidays. Filing Set up a great filing system now.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

In part one of this four part interview, Rob talks about what he does at Zappos, how the company handles operating 24/7, what the training process is like for Zappos employees, and how the company makes the most out of cross-training its employees. And I started in the company as a temp worker in 2004. Its four weeks long, mandatory.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

As you are job hunting, think hard about if you want to temp, freelance, do contract work, temp-to-hire, or direct hire roles only and under which circumstance. There will always be that one last call that comes in that will start an entire interview process all over again with a new company. Job hunt with focus.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The staffing agent asked if I was open to temp to perm, even though the position was for a full time EA, he feels the CEO may need time to see if it is a good fit. I have no idea how long "temp" is considered before they would offer the permanent position. It feels like a bait and switch and there are no guarantees.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. You will be pulled in a lot of directions for what you want, what’s available, what is a fair compromise, and if you will temp, do contract work, or job hunt while you still have a job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

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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