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. The lower-level admin you are the more jobs there are. Those jobs support the President, CEO, CTO, CFO, and Chairman. Your job hunt will take a lot longer. Don't get sidetracked from your life and career goals.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. You ask a very good question and I'm so glad you are being proactive with your job hunt and career.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The best part is, there are a ton of temp agencies and anyone can apply. The #1 rule of temping is you're not supposed to ask for jobs or try to get employment on your own to honor the relationship and introduction your agent forged with the company you're at. The goal is to act in a MUTUALLY-BENEFICIAL manner so everyone wins.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 12, 2015

As the assistant wanting to get approval, you would fill in the Goal/Learning Objectives column and then present that to your executive and show the benefits of each. It goes back to what I said about your career goals and aspirations. Is that in line with your goals and the other things I discussed you consider in the webinar.

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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. While your ultimate goal is FT job in admin, the only thing that will get you there is recent experience in admin - the good ol' fashioned catch-22. So when they get that job hunting email, it's just a typical update.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

2) Make it clear you have bigger goals. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. The goal is to go from a busy role to one that is absolutely crazy insane busy and stressful to prove you can do it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

The point of the above exercise is to figure out if the solution is something that can be fixed with a little action/daily maintenance (go on vacation, take better care of yourself, respectively) or will take long term planning and goals/strategy (move closer to family or save enough money to travel for a year).

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