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JUNE 20, 2022

My question was posted a few months ago, when a recently-hired PT administrative assistant took a FT job and has tried to juggle both. We work for different agencies at different levels of government and in very different parts of the country (not the US) but it’s still all the same skills.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

A reader writes: I am a new manager at a nonprofit and have just been assigned an entry-level administrative assistant who has been failing to make deadlines, has been repeating preventable mistakes, and has major issues with focusing at work. We don’t have a break room, so most of us eat lunch at our desks.

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MAY 17, 2016

I am an administrative assistant and have a second job interview coming up the end of this week. I really want to wow them with my great administrative skills and do something that will make me stand out above the other candidate(s). Why don’t we send a card and flowers or food, which are more traditional for condolences?”.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2015

I’ve considered doing an FMLA-like structure but worry that because of his financial concerns it’ll be more of a burden to administer than a help (especially given that my company is incredibly flexible; he can come in for five hours one day, be available a full day another, or only be able to do one hour of work another).

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