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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. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Many companies approached Assistantly for help. Their answers can be revealing.

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Hearth: A Writer Explores the Concept of Home During Her Early Career as a Writer in Delhi, Mumbai and the U.S.

Success

I got a job as a junior features writer with the Indian edition of a teen magazine on a monthly salary of Rs 6,000 (approximately $80), more than half of which went into rent. Having outgrown pop culture and travel listicles, this had been my most challenging assignment. the editor nearly spat into the phone.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

Success

Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. I had intended to ask him about how he started Bonton Farms , an urban farm he founded in a South Dallas food desert more than a decade ago after abandoning a cozy corporate job and six-figure salary. So, we had the right one.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. Go to your human resources department and ask to see your employee file so you can write down all of the job titles, dates, and salary details for each position you’ve held with your current company.

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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

Success

Nobody travels more than me.”. When he finds out I have an infant at home, Shaq takes my phone, opens the camera, turns it to selfie mode, and starts recording a message. He thanked his mother, who raised him on a secretary’s salary when his biological father left them. “When it gets to half, put in 20. Shaq exclaimed.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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How to Work for A Difficult Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I'm not looking for a glossy, Christian magazine answer. I do worry if you will get constant raises, bonuses, or title changes to show you’ve progressed if your boss is so terrible he will badmouth your performance or not approve salary increases. I don’t know if it’s the salary, benefits, career advancement, or to say you have a job.