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Why You Should Reach Out to a Staffing Agency to Hire an Executive Assistant

C-Suite Assistants

An administrative assistant usually has fewer years of experience and needs to be organized, pleasant, and have good computer skills, but again doesn’t need the leadership capabilities. They will also interview you to make sure all of the important jobs responsibilities are included.

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how can I get a coworker to take computer classes, new desks don’t work with skirts, and more

Ask a Manager

I will say she is trying really hard and learning. But the way Jane’s going about it is a problem: she’s just asking for help doing the task in front of her, instead of trying to learn how to work a whole system. There’s no way she can learn everything she needs to learn to keep up with her workload like that.

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former boss wants me to lie to a reference, the expectations when you have a work phone, and more

Ask a Manager

My role, however, is primarily business-oriented, meaning that I don’t have any kind of technical computer skills (yet) and would be mostly useless even if something did go wrong with the system. I have been job searching for about six months and recently a potential employer reached out to me for an interview.

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coworker is bringing daily gifts to our team lead, coaching a combative employee, and more

Ask a Manager

If I were her, I would be learning basic Excel/Word skills and brushing up on email skills. Her skills with our internal system and knowledge are top notch and if the rest of this could change, I could see her blossoming. I know she isn’t doing that on her own time.