On The Job

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The days of temp workers being qualified for only low-paying, entry-level jobs is past, and workers who embrace the work may find they appreciate the flexibility and experience they gain, Ozier says. When employers hire a temp for a full-time position, they often offer a higher salary than if making an outside hire. Being vocal.

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Success

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Plus, the Collagen Socks also come with perforated, removable toe tips so you can give yourself a pedicure at the same time. The three-pack intensive foot treatments are infused with vegan collagen, argan oil and floral extracts to deeply hydrate and soften skin. RYOBI USB Lithium Screwdriver Kit $24.97. CHI Lava Travel Flat Iron $79.99.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 7, 2018

One full-time job and a few temp positions came after that one. A few months later I attended an event at the old job and walked up to the director (the birdman) and thanked him. He smiled and asked why…I explained that his decision created a door of opportunity for me and I was grateful. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2010

Do temp work until you land a permanent full-time position. Be willing to take a somewhat lesser position if it means you can advance in the future. Or be open to an entirely new opportunity. You never know what it might lead to. Keep networking and see if anyone can direct you. Do not let discouragement get to you.

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Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2010

Do temp work until you land a permanent full-time position. Be willing to take a somewhat lesser position if it means you can advance in the future. Or be open to an entirely new opportunity. You never know what it might lead to. Keep networking and see if anyone can direct you. Do not let discouragement get to you.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 25, 2010

When I got in my car at the end of a workday, the temp was reading 116. Some summer tips to keep yourself energized are: Drink plenty of fluids throughout the day -- I mean the good kind! This is the time of year when, for those of us living in Las Vegas, we experience intense heat. We go through this every summer and we survive.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 25, 2010

When I got in my car at the end of a workday, the temp was reading 116. Some summer tips to keep yourself energized are: Drink plenty of fluids throughout the day -- I mean the good kind! This is the time of year when, for those of us living in Las Vegas, we experience intense heat. We go through this every summer and we survive.

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Recruit CRM

MAY 29, 2021

These 13 podcasts have been trending time and again providing recruiters with the latest tips, trends and best recruitment strategies this year. This podcast brings a unique voice to the goals of creating an online personal brand or employer presence and tips on various recruitment marketing strategies & candidate sourcing.

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Tips From T. Marie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Luckily, the temps here in Maine this week look like it should make it easy to pretend the first signs of leaves turning aren’t showing up on Autumn Lane. I don’t know about you, but I’m having a hard time saying good-bye to summer. I took my own advice and took plenty of time off to enjoy the season.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Hello New & Returning Readers, TheLadders.com is currently doing a project where they are looking for people to provide tips to new college grads about to enter the working world. However, here are my 21 tips on entering the workforce, whether for the very first time or not. You can’t look for the perfect job for 5 years.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 21, 2012

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. So, it's best to search for temporary, short-term admin work via temping, volunteering, applying for part time work so you have something to put on your resume. I think this tip bears no real explanation as by Googling different resume types you'll get the gist.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year. It always perplexes me when small companies do not hire a temp or have in mind another staff person to fill in for the admin or EA to go on a vacation or call in sick.

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Who's the Real Boss?

AUGUST 31, 2020

So, let’s move to the steps and tips on producing the best minutes. So, once you’ve ascertained who your audience is and what the expectation is for the type of minutes you need to produce, you’re ready to start receiving the next set of tips to good minute taking. No one can tell you that.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 20, 2015

Here are 10 random tips I’ve culled over the years on how to be a better assistant. Create an office bible In case you get sick, go on vacation, or get hit by a bus, it’s always good to have an office bible so your temp or co-worker can have info at their fingertips when needed. This is part 6.

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For those of you out there in Job Search Land who are waaay more savvy than I am, your resumes may already reflect these tips and more power to you. Tips for crafting a resume that will yield results Lose the nostalgia - If you have more than 10 years of experience, Yay you, but don't put it all on your resume.

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Office Dynamics

MAY 19, 2015

If you don’t have that luxury consider proposing an office temp to cover for a day or two while you’re away. Here are four tangible ways you can make the time for your learning and development. Get a buddy. Find someone who can cover for you while you’re away. Get organized!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

You 'll learn my most cringe worthy moment, tips, and a little about me as a person. Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.

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Eco-Office Gals

MARCH 21, 2011

Unless you’re washing towels you used to clean up your pup’s latest accident, keep the water temp on cool. Treat fabrics gently. Most of the time, you don’t need to run your washer with warm water.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

JANUARY 11, 2023

In January 1986, Bonnie Low-Kramen, who was 27 at the time and temping in Broadway box offices as she tried to carve out a career as an actor, was tipped off to a gig as the public-relations director for the Whole Theatre, a small theater in northern New Jersey.

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www.officearrow.com

OCTOBER 28, 2010

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

I mention how I worked for all my CEOs because I was recruited away as a temp. I wasn’t there to socialize or go out of my way to point out I was a temp to try to get a full-time job. My goal as temp was to be asked back as a temp repeatedly - that’s it. I wanted to do my job well for whatever it was they hired me to do.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 21, 2009

I'm temping. Luckily, all my temping experiences have also been amazing so I've actually enjoyed my job hunt and gotten a lot out of it. And that's just the thing. I have a great career, but I don't have a full-time staff position right now. I have turned down the Fortune 75 companies because the two jobs weren't right for me.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

I hope these tips help you! Sometimes companies don’t validate for parking especially if you are doing testing at a temp agency and are there for a few hours. I only realized this when I had the below conversations with my friends who had great jobs, but were not executive assistants or outside of the corporate realm.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip. Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Word and Outlook 2007 tips Grrr! Lets enjoy our day together.©

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

Here are some tips as your career progresses that will affect how you job hunt. 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. The lower-level admin you are the more jobs there are. Job hunt with focus.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Meetings Plus: Taking them offline On the job tips for new Admins. Associates e-bulletin helps and tips. Lets enjoy our day together.© Now that is dedication.Executive Assistant donat. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 1, 2012

2) Temp while you look for a job so you can say you have executive or admin assistant experience and within entertainment. Call every single temping agency in town. Whatever bullet points and items they list that you do well, lift those sentences verbatim from the job description and put them in your resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 24, 2009

I've found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency. How I Got My Job with a Chairman/CEO I moved to Los Angeles to look for a job in the industry and because I had zero connections, I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to the temp agencies.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

The shortest route is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. Your best bet is to get some experience in admin and being an EA thru temping or other contract work. Obviously you can’t have zero work history if your entire career was based on law school for the past 10-15 years.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 6, 2013

If you’ve worked for the top dog at the equity firm and have a lot of experience, it’s usually understood that you are so talented you can work in any industry. Since you have already worked at a well known company, you are half way there.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Even when a company is downsizing or merging, there’s a lot of opportunity for contract roles or temp gigs to help them thru the transition. This is one of the main reasons why I endorse temping and working thru recruiting and placement agencies. When you job hunt keep this in mind.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

I started this blog while temping/job hunting and I was allowed to write or do personal side projects as long as it was not interfering with my work. I will temp and enjoy the downtime to spring clean and read for personal/intra self improvement. I mentored other younger assistants. I will find a job helping a person/people.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 21, 2012

I started out as a temp and figured I’d pay my dues, network, and hop to another company or department. I bantered around various ideas from being a photographer, teacher, newscaster, or print journalist. I just sort of fell into being an executive assistant when I graduated college and started looking for a job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 26, 2009

It consists of former bosses, co-workers, friends at work and in my personal life, friends of friends, professional network groups I'm a part of, anyone through my volunteering activities, temp agencies, and people I'm a client to as well - my former personal trainer, my photographer, etc.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 12, 2010

I spent the next four months resting, soul-searching, temping here and there and took a 2 week vacation. The more I thought about it, as much as I loved my job, I realized I need a new one that provided work life balance. So I quit my job. It took me the entire four months to unwind and finally feel normal.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

There were several public seminar companies whose 1 day workshops I attended and I did learn some good tips. I obtained my 4-year Bachelor’s degree while temping as an AA and fell in love with my career. I just felt it wasn’t enough! There wasn’t enough challenge or depth or future-focused topics. So I started Office Dynamics. (JB).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

Here are some tips. 4) Start temping immediately. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. However, in this case, it would have been fine. This puts the focus back on the fact that you are working, employable, and have options.

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