Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 13, 2011

As you are job hunting, think hard about if you want to temp, freelance, do contract work, temp-to-hire, or direct hire roles only and under which circumstance. And because executives are constantly traveling for weeks at a time, it may take a month or three just to finally meet everyone. Everyone is busy. Be open.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

The company will ask that you charge everything from business travel to catered lunches on your credit card and they will reimburse you. It was for catered food at a place that did not take payments over the phone with a credit card. You will spend a lot on gas just driving around town or on business travel.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 7, 2012

Try to set up the communication of the office so your boss checks their own emails and responds, but you are in charge of all the mtg coordination, phones, and anything that happens in the office. You answer the phone, book travel, offer beverages to guests, book meetings, prepare the conference room, order food, etc.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 6, 2013

EA work is typically admin work - phones, travels, calendars, expense reports, mtgs/luncheons, etc. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. So I’m not exactly sure what other high level tasks/responsibilities you may be missing out on when you have to manage the office.

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Success

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Initially, I did receive a few responses, asking me to provide video-pre-screens [not my favorite thing to do, I'm discovering] or to participate in phone pre-screens, which I giddily did, with zero results. I have also participated in several fruitful phone screens, and I have an onsite interview scheduled in the coming days.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 8, 2016

We also get a mini break when our boss is traveling as the stress level is generally lower and we can catch up on our workload. Other jobs, because they were temp to full time, I didn’t even have the benefits of paid vacation time or paid sick days for almost a year. You might not get all the answers you need, but it’s good to ask.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

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. This reference could be in the form of 3 sentences on LinkedIn, a recommendation letter, or to get their personal email and cell phone number (in case they leave the company).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

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 temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town.

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Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

You recently wrote in a medium that’s probably more familiar to our readers: an article about your home in Miguasha that was published in National Geographic Traveler as one of the world’s 50 destinations of a lifetime. Yosie – De temps en temps, j’ai le goût de faire de quoi en français, ou traduire mon blogue.

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