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Follow the Science: Ze Frank Teaches Us True Facts and Life Lessons

Success

If you knew him only from his trailblazing forays into the video blogging realm, where he was renowned for quirky, crowdsourced art projects, you might not guess that the career of Hosea Frank (Ze for short, pronounced “zay”) has been bookended by scientific roles. They’d misheard his birth name as José. No problem.

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"Gig" - The Word of the Year

Small Business Labs

We can make our own schedule and hours, pick the projects that interest us, work from anywhere and try our hands at different trades. .  For example, the NPR article points out the good side of the gig economy: The Financial Times explains that in the future, work will be less secure but lots more exciting.

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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

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.

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The Structural Shift to a Contingent Workforce

Small Business Labs

Carolyn is leading the coworking study and Steve is a member of the project team.   The CNN article focuses on the growing use of temps.  Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. instead of hiring full-time, permanent employees. . 

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Outsourcing Options For Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Virtual workers can be from a “Temp-Agency&# or a from contracting firms. These relationships are for finite projects or to fill a cap, due to permanent staff illness on a temporary basis – they are limited by time or project. Businesses and people like to do business with professionals. Have a nice day!

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

Laughing all the Way to Work

But there are some people who don’t need a full-time assistant; they need such services only when they’re on a certain project or burdened with too many short-term responsibilities. And make sure you ask your employer to provide honest feedback about your work, both throughout the project and once you’re done.

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Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I work at a travel and event planning agency. Most large companies have in house travel department or a pre-approved vendor and agency list. 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.

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