Eat Your Career

JANUARY 23, 2020

The article makes a number of claims regarding the EA profession, most of which can be summed up in the article’s subhead: The erosion of jobs that gave women without college degrees a career path happened in dribs and drabs but is as dramatic as the manufacturing decline Rachel Feintzeig.

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Administrative Assistance Administrative Staff Computer Technology 76

Ask a Manager

MAY 17, 2022

All kinds of red flags – executive assistants have all fled, half the leadership team has voluntarily left with no next steps planned (“to explore future opportunities”) and there’s a general feeling of panic. All of our manufacturing/warehousing is off-site. It’s not great.

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Interviewing Administrative Assistance Reporting Supervising 65

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 17, 2020

The administrative assistant gave me a book of paint chips with no guidelines, so I selected a color that matched the theme I envisioned, and decorated my office accordingly. Recently, another employee retired, and an office came available in a more desirable location of our building than where I previously sat.

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Interviewing Administrative Assistance Manufacturing Reporting 52