On The Job

JANUARY 3, 2013

Here's a story I did for Gannett/USA Today on what to do if you're interested in moving into the management ranks. Managers often are portrayed as incompetent nincompoops or royal jerks who should be locked in their cars and never allowed to interact with human beings again. People often forget that managers have managers," he says.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I would like to get better assignments, promoted, or get a raise before a few more years go by. It’s such a shame that there aren’t more managers who are good mentors that help each individual grow and learn more in their roles. Granted, I understand that many managers are busy and it’s faster for them to do certain projects.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In those days I was an office manager with 3 people reporting to me and my salary was growing at less than 3% per year. It's about being an amazing time and project management juggler while working 24/7, and at the same time taking care of ourselves and trying to have personal lives. It was candidly for the money.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In those days I was an office manager with 3 people reporting to me and my salary was growing at less than 3% per year. It's about being an amazing time and project management juggler while working 24/7, and at the same time taking care of ourselves and trying to have personal lives. It was candidly for the money.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 25, 2015

We manage our executives; we understand the needs of the company and we manage complicated tasks. Why promote an assistant who is making your life a whole lot easier? So, after some advice from my mentor, I started sending my boss weekly emails detailing what I had achieved that week. Again this is fairly common.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

I have heard of EAs working for successful international corporations and earning a very large salary. If you’ve decided you want to be an EA or have a career that leads to a great salary, it all starts with growth. State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

Or they will say they want people to be in the training program or how previous assistants have gotten promoted after a couple of years if they were the right fit. There are those bosses that will promote you and help you out as much as possible. There are others who mean well, but never have enough time to mentor you.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

My background is in management, but a girl has to pay the bills. This makes them unstable, unpredictable, hard to manage, and hard to understand, especially because there is not a reliable, consistent way to have them help you help them. Came across your blog while doing some research for a position I'm interviewing with on Monday.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 25, 2015

Gone are the days when attractive salaries and retirement options were enough to land top recruits. This is good news for companies who can’t compete with the salaries of big corporations. PwC’s “Millennials At Work” study shows that many would put off a promotion just to hammer out an ideal schedule for themselves.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

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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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

I make an incredible salary so when I tell my husband and friends I want to explore other avenues, they think I'm crazy. I also thought about money, salary negotiation, and how I was spending my time. I have no idea what salary you make, but whatever it is, it must be above the norm or at least a lot considering how little work you do.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Jeanne Achille also was disappointed with the hiring of a recent college hire, promoted by a university professor as a “superstar” and fired after three weeks when it was discovered she spent hours online at work visiting a dating site. September 9, 2009 4:53 PM Ask a Manager said. “But you can’t call in sick at 7:45 a.m.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is known that age only plays a factor because the more years you have worked for a company the more expensive an employee is because of their salary, overtime, and other perks/benefits that are considered in the overall compensation package (401k matching, retirement, etc). In hindsight, I am 99.9%

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I see one of two things, a blogger, who is paid to write content that promotes the services or products of another individual or business (ie. That salary came from advertising purchased by business to air on my station. You can manage your own stock portfolio or develop a high interest savings account, etc. sell, or b.)

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