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APRIL 22, 2022

In the fall, I finally listened to you, applied for a fantastic position, and was so excited to have an interview! After the interview, it was clear that the 20% I didn’t have was way more than 20% of the job, so I didn’t get it. After several rounds of interviews, I received an offer.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Sales team won’t tell us their schedules. Our sales team is supposed to take requests for new accounts and pricing questions. Our sales team is supposed to take requests for new accounts and pricing questions. Is this a normal set-up between customer support and sales?

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

And so your sales cycle is that much shorter, because by the time they come to you, they’ve already bought in, they know who they’re working with, and they’re ready to go. It’s obviously the host is now providing to me social media, SEO exposure, they’re promoting it, I’m getting into their network.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

When I asked our administrative assistant to create an overnight shipping label, I checked the deadline, for some reason did not see a particular time specified, and requested delivery by noon. This isn’t a perk; it’s a marketing gimmick — a way to generate sales of tickets. What say you, my trusted adviser?

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APRIL 30, 2017

I’m assuming it’s something that can be explained/laughed off in an interview, but could it actually look strange enough to put a manager off talking to either of them? My partner’s nervous that it’s going to look very strange to the hiring manager if a mother and daughter both apply for the same role. Is that weird?

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APRIL 25, 2017

A friend interrupted my job interview in a coffee shop. I met someone for a job interview at a coffee shop recently (standard for this company). The interview was going well, but about 10 minutes in, a friend I haven’t spoken to in a few years came into the coffee shop, saw me, and headed over to say hi. Here we go….

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

The sales team golfs, the underwriters golf, and most of all the C-Suite golfs. There are five other people in my role and we share two administrative assistants. Applying or interviewing for a job isn’t any sort of commitment that you’d take it if offered; you’re just signaling you’re open to talking and to thinking about it.

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Go Burrows

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Greta Thunberg CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE Stephanie on LinkedIn stephrubio.com ABOUT STEPHANIE From Administrative Assistant to Executive Assistant to Project Manager to Executive Business Partner and bringing her background in sales and operations, Stephanie Rubio brings a unique understanding for connecting the dots to the leaders she supports.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Manager hired someone from a conference without conducting any interviews. First day she walks up to the administrative assistant and asks for a list of who she gets to “boss around” (in those terms). The oblivious new hire. I am gone from there now, but I always wonder if people at the office thought of me as Skunk Lady.

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