Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was interviewed by the lovely Elena Aylott from EMEA East about my blog and social media in general. I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. Last week I was asked to speak to a group of assistants in Sweden about personal branding.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was interviewed by the lovely Elena Aylott from EMEA East about my blog and social media in general. I’ve actually written a few blogs on how to work with confidential documents and not being the office gossip. Last week I was asked to speak to a group of assistants in Sweden about personal branding.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 5, 2009

I wouldnt recommend talking about a co-worker with someone at the office or it ends up being gossip and spreads a bad feeling about that person. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. The good thing about apologizing is even though a bad mood was passed along, saying you are sorry goes a long way to making things right. (I

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2009

The problem that sometimes occurs with sharing with current co-workers is it can turn into office gossip. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Some situations however need to be kept in-house and only those who are involved would benefit from discussing it and understand what it was about.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 9, 2012

And don’t ask for gossip or stories. You can find the images online at Getty Images, Wire Image, IMDB, and any Hollywood site that covers events and gossip such as Perez Hilton. TV crews and journalists will pester you and try to make you promise an interview. Don’t gossip. Look for it the next day. It’s crowded.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 24, 2013

I passed the HR interview and I am waiting for the answer from the CEO interview. I had 2 initial interviews or tests before I came down to meeting the CEO. It’s best not to gossip or form secret alliances. They have helped me so much but I still have concerns. I am scared, VERY scared I've volunteered a lot.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 13, 2010

LOL I don’t divulge because I don’t have any and it’s not good to gossip. Be prepared that sometimes the job description you’re given when you interview is vastly differently once you’re in the job. Whenever I tell people what I do for a living, someone asks if I’ve see the above titles. And then ‘war stories’ come out sometimes.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 10, 2012

You can ask in the interview in a nice way. While you won't ever know until it's too late, try to find the boss that can already say they promoted their last couple of assistants after 2 years WHILE you are interviewing for the job. This is something you should think about while interviewing for jobs.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 15, 2023

So there’s a lot of, you know, office gossip and stuff like that. So you really have to have a really strong head on your shoulders and just understand that you’re there to do a job and you know, don’t fall into the gossip or the watercooler talk or anything like that. You’re You’re there to do a job.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

My question however, is… should I disclose the reason for my termination in my job interviews? I’m sure you’ve realized while it’s common to have a lot of office politics, it is not fun to work in a gossip-filled environment. 5) Practice interviewing and answering any questions related to your last job and the departure.

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Success

JULY 12, 2021

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Brilliantly Better

MARCH 4, 2010

Don’t Gossip Talking behind other people’s back is like putting your exhaustion pipe to somebody else door, while pretending you’re looking in a different direction. ’ Even people who avoid gossiping don’t realise that talking bad about yourself makes you believe it eventually. Great post. Stay Motivated!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

It also means going on job interviews or meeting with any agency that calls you because they will often keep you in their database when the right job does come up. Be the bigger person and don't gossip! Get as many recommendations on LinkedIn as you can and network with people and help them out.

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Success

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We interviewed an HR specialist to answer all your questions on workplace dating. At work, be sure not to show any public displays of affection or favoritism towards your partner and remain professional so as to avoid making fellow coworkers uncomfortable or stirring up office gossip. What are the risks of dating a coworker?

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Success

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ideal work environment: Interpersonal sharing is valued Productivity-boosting tip: Set boundaries Productivity-busting habit to watch out for: Gossip. Their first impressions are hard to beat and, in an interview, Threes have a way of making past failures look like success. Type Three: The Achiever.

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