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Answering Reader Mail: Green EA, Green Executive

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If you have to purchase stuff for your boss - ask to xerox the credit card, both front and back now. Where will you get flowers, baby gifts, birthday cakes, catered lunch, a venue for the holiday party, wine, a list of all the hot restaurants in town? Filing Set up a great filing system now. Do they know the vm passwords?

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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. In instances where people have directly helped me get a job by making an important introduction or went out of their way for me, I will give a gift, if appropriate.