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Executive Assistant Best Job of 2012

Office Dynamics

Money: According to the Labor Department, the median annual salary for an executive assistant was $43,520 in 2010. The profession's best-compensated usually work for the Postal Service, for computer manufacturing companies, or for the federal executive branch. Executive Assistant Salary Range: 75th Percentile Wage: $54,750.

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The 4 Most Difficult Interview Questions

Professional Assistant Blog

What kind of salary are you looking for? Another suggestion is to find out the salary range that was posted for this job and use that. If you get a question that doesnt relate to the job that youre applying for, this type of question is related to how well you work under pressure. Try to give a range, never give a fixed figure.

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How to Lose a Customer and a Few More!

Professional Assistant Blog

Keep in mind that they are the ones that are paying your salary. Providing excellent customer service is crucial. How to Organize Tasks Effectively How to Deal with Inconsiderate Co-Workers Resizing Pictures in Microsoft Word 4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues Administrative Procedures Manual - Does Your Department Need One?

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4 Ways to Cope with Difficult Colleagues

Professional Assistant Blog

Try following these 4 simple steps and you will find that your work performance will increase and hopefully, so will your salary! Remember that you are there to do your job because you have the skills and qualities that your manager hired you for. Don’t let your work performance suffer.

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

In some organizations raises are tied to how well you do and it is also a record that is kept on your personnel file. I have asked for a raise however, but it was after I considered a move somewhere else and wasnt sure I wanted to go, so gave my employer a chance to match the new salary and they did.