October 2011
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Hiring an Assistant - Part 5: Meet Julia
I just made a new hire and I couldn’t be more excited…Meet Julia!
She’s a recent New Orleans transplant (originally from Cambridge, MA) who loves social media, fashion, pilates and cooking. She’s got a degree in psychology, an amazing attitude and enjoys exploring the city.
You can follow her on Twitter @JuliaBallard
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WatchHiring an Assistant - Part 4: My favorite Interview
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Hiring an Assistant - Part 3: Interviews
I like interviewing people - I really really do. It’s the only way to ask all the questions I want without being nosy or overstepping boundaries (for the most part).
Interviewing people for the extremely prestigious position of my new assistant was not only interesting, it was HILARIOUS.
I interviewed a painter who had trouble getting motivated to paint, someone who talked about...
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Hiring an Assistant - Pt 2: Don't be Lazy
Mistakes happen in any entry level position; there’s a learning curve and lots of new things to absorb. I’m prepared for that and am ready train and work with this new hire very closely. Laziness, however, is pretty unforgivable in my book.
So I picked my 11 favorite applicants out of 33 submissions and asked they submit three things: a sample blog entry, three example tweets that...
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To automate or not to automate: Silicon Bayou... →
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Hiring an assistant - Part 1: Posting the Job
I need help. Good, affordable help with impeccable spelling and a great attitude. So I decided to use WorkNola to find my perfect assistant. I did get some really great applicants but I also got things like this:
“My name is [name respectfully edited out] and I am looking for an opportunity. The opportunity that I am looking for is one that is going to allow me to become successful. The...
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To automate or not to automate?
I’ve been reading a lot about pros and cons of social media automation lately, which, if you are unfamiliar basically means that you schedule updates like tweets, facebook posts and/or blog posts in advance and have them automatically post at a certain time on a certain day.
This is of course a time-saving method but can remove a lot of the personalization and real-time nowness from what is...