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Traditionally, many companies have relied on temporary staffing for executive assistants or opted for a temp-to-perm approach when hiring a permanent executive assistant, when in reality, there are many advantages that make a permanent executive assistant a better choice from the start.
This quickly led into a change of career and I became a recruitment consultant working for high street agencies. A move to London happened around 1996 and my first role as a PA for the Director of Human Resources for a recruitment agency. A fabulous role which I loved. I joined NHS Wales in 2005 and have been here ever since.
Tempagencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)
Virtual workers can be from a “Temp-Agency&# or a from contracting firms. Both of these relationships are good for your cost-planning because they are not fixed, permanent costs, they are variable cost, meaning, when the project is finished the contract for your temp-workers, contractors finishes too. Have a nice day!
If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume. 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. I’m not sure how long you were in the field and practiced.
3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. Sure, some of them might have the same jobs, but you will soon find that sometimes a company will only work with one specific agency. Job hunting is a numbers and timing game.
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 tempingagency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to tempagencies. So I left that temp gig and went to work for the CEO.
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