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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

Success

Masarweh says it’s a way to better allocate employees’ time, especially when they have special skills, so you aren’t paying high salaries for basic administrative tasks. She says her employees’ VAs were essential over holiday break to “hit the ground running in 2023.” Many companies approached Assistantly for help.

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Dry promotions: Definition, considerations, and guidelines for employers

BMT Office Administration

This type of promotion saves the company money, but can be frustrating for employees who understandably expect a higher salary for their hard work in their new role. The key here is to keep your word, set a clear timeline, and provide a salary increase as soon as there is room in the budget.

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The Good and Bad of Freelancing

Small Business Labs

There's the variety, projects big and small, high paying, low paying, interesting, mundane, changing faces, fresh ideas, new clients. all this can be thrilling and it's deeply satisfying to see a project through to the end and move to the next. There are no set salaries, no limits on how to direct one's efforts.

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The Blended Role of Executive Personal Assistants

C-Suite Assistants

The salary for a personal/executive assistant is generally in line or sometimes higher than that of either an executive or personal assistant. This is only a partial list and will depend upon the individual and their requirements. An EA/PA manages the executive’s entire life. How Much Does a Hybrid Executive Assistant Earn?

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

Where possible, contractors typically try to overlap several projects. You don’t get paid during public holidays Paid holiday leave is a highlight of fulltime employment. In the contractor’s (or small business owner’s) mind, every holiday is a day when you’re not working, which means you are also not bringing in any money.

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The Perils of a Counteroffer

On The Job

All you have to do is tell the boss that you've been offered a new job at a better salary and title, and see if he'll counter. Oh, yeah, your co-workers who may resent you nabbing more for yourself when they're likely to get a frozen turkey as a holiday bonus this year. Well, maybe there's a compromise, you think.

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Get your hands on this Free ebook: Freedom, Money and Time…

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

Not just in holidays and spare time - but also doing meaningful work, in your own way. Money - to maintain your independence and fund your creative projects. And if you’re doing something you hate for a living, it doesn’t matter how big your salary is, or how much holiday you get.