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Specifically, they want to know the difference between a “regular” AdministrativeAssistant and an Executive Assistant. In this article, I want to explore both the AdministrativeAssistant role and the Executive Assistant role as thoroughly as possible, without overwhelming you.
Typically, wage inequality isn’t deliberate but is an act of omission in a company that hasn’t regularly analyzed salaries. That said, in certain limited cases, people in similar jobs can be paid different salaries. Salary structure, pay grades and bonus plans – Ensure objective criteria are used and aligned with job categories.
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You may feel your administrativeassistant is critical to your business. Paid on a salary basis for all hours worked ($455 weekly minimum or higher). Administrative exemptions. Paid on a salary basis for all hours worked ($455 weekly minimum or higher). Highly compensated employees. Here’s another example.
For example, an administrativeassistant might transfer from the marketing department to the finance department to gain more specific experience in various aspects of reporting and budget management. Traditional notions of success—such as titles and salary—are evolving.
The Myth of Low-or-No Salary Nonprofit Jobs Of course, one thing that makes staffing a nonprofit organization difficult is the belief among many that most nonprofit jobs are staffed by unpaid volunteers, or that those positions staffed by paid employees don’t offer competitive salaries. They have never considered it as an option.
Nowadays, companies may have gone too far by cutting personal assistants to save money. million secretarial and administrativeassistant jobs have disappeared. You don’t want executives wasting their time on administrative duties. An assistant who can increase productivity is worth their weight in gold.
This is far more than a basic administrativeassistant role. Negotiation skills : HR assistants will be regularly involved in various negotiations, including salary discussions and purchasing meetings. What does an HR Assistant do? They help companies manage their employees and run their operations efficiently.
A reader writes: I work as an administrativeassistant for a small professional company. The response: When I run errands in my off time for him, it’s usually after work hours and I’m not paid for that time, but I’m also salaried, so overtime is never something I’m paid for anyway.
I recently started working as an administrativeassistant. Can I ask about salary before an interview? Needless to say, we had no time for questions and I was unable to ask about salary expectations. However, I don’t want to proceed without knowing an expected salary range and waste anyone’s time.
I was recently chatting with my team’s administrativeassistant (hired a few months after I was) and they let slip that they make $15,000 more per year than I do. And the salary for your job really has nothing to do with whether someone else can use Excel or not. My team’s admin earns more than me.
I was surprised since I’m in a marijuana legal state, and there had been no mention of drug testing (I’m an administrativeassistant, not for a government agency). My salary increase is a decrease after overtime is included. The university is infamously stingy when it comes to salaries. I see it as a slap in the face.
The salary negotiation was successful too and I was proud of myself for standing up for my own worth! During my job hunt I spoke to many recruiters and I got great insight into the necessary skills and expertise and what a realistic salary range was for the role I wanted. I inherited him when his salary was set.
Accepting a job with an agreement to negotiate salary after six months. I was told that I would get a chance to negotiate salary after my six-month trial period was up. Well, first, it’s not inappropriately pushy to negotiate salary. Here we go…. I recently started a new job. It’s a very normal part of business.
I got another lowball offer in August 2020 (a $15K cut from my current salary), but used your blog to push back. I’m a longtime reader of your blog and books, and I wanted to thank you for all the helpful advice you and yours readers have posted about asking for salary and job title increases. raise for me! They’re so helpful!
My friend, Jane, works as an administrativeassistant for a nonprofit. But when Jane received the offer letter from HR, it said that her title and salary would not be changing. Jane emailed Karissa back saying that she wasn’t comfortable accepting the promotion unless there was a change in title or salary.
If they’re promoting you to a new role with more responsibility*, it’s absolutely reasonable to renegotiate salary at the same time. I’d approach your boss and say something like this, “Since I’m taking on a new role and increased responsibilities, I wanted to talk with you about the salary. Any advice?
I have over 20 years of experience as an administrativeassistant. Where my desk is located, I am able to overhear conversations between the CEO and his assistant. I know this sounds horrible, but the fact of the matter is, this assistant is not good at her job and I know I could do it much better.
Who should give a gift on Administrative Professionals Day? On Administrative Professionals Day, who is supposed to give the gift to the administrativeassistant? Cash should come from her employer, via her salary. Would it not be her boss or do all employees give? Our admin does not work for all the employees.
When I began, our supervisor told us she had been pushing for a higher salary for editors with HR. But if people in my previous role are now making more money than I am in the new role, wouldn’t it logically follow that my salary should be increased as well? About two years ago, I started as an editor for my department.
I am an administrativeassistant and support a very busy professional, Barbie. After making me a job offer, employer hasn’t gotten back to me to finalize salary and start date. The next day, I emailed with several questions and my counter negotiation for salary. But most states don’t have similar laws.
I’m a salaried, exempt employee making $30,000 per year at my first professional job. I’ve just started a search for an administrativeassistant position at the law firm where I work. It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…. Should I feel guilty for having nothing to do?
I’ve worked in a few offices over my 12-year receptionist/administrativeassistant career, but this is the first time I’ve ever come across this. I work in Missouri, and I am an exempt salaried employee. I am furious over this! If they let me go on say, a Tuesday, do they have to pay me for the full week?
While I want to be a team player and help where I can in the department, I am hesitant to take on this role for a few reasons: first, I used to work as this faculty member’s administrativeassistant a few years ago, but no longer do. My role in the department is different now.
I’ve been in my current job as an administrativeassistant for about six months now, and overall things are going really well. Company wants to contact my references but we haven’t talked about salary or start date. ” We had thus far not discussed any details of the job like salary, start date, or even location.
The entire team is on salary, so it’s not about the hours but about the work. If these are salaried, exempt jobs, then it’s reasonable and normal that sometimes she might need to stay a little bit later to get things done. I am starting to plan the annual AdministrativeAssistant’s Day observance.
The department consists of an assistant supervisor (Arya), 3 payroll clerks (Robb, Bran, and Rickon), and an administratorassistant (Sansa). Arya makes double the average salary of the area and one and a half times what Robb, Bran, Rickon, and Sansa are paid. It is nearly a daily occurrence. I feel this is unacceptable.
She did not invite our administrativeassistant, who is also off-site – she was just planning on the meeting attendees, I guess? • Around July, my department head asked all exempt employees (salaried, not overtime eligible, no time clock to track hours) in my office to start filling out a task log.
This took place over the course of about a year and half, during which time none of them ever truly took on all of the work that they should have and I was expected to train and assist each new hire, while also making sure what they never got to was completed. do you have to tell your boss why you’re quitting?
I work in a front office as an administrativeassistant for a nonprofit (my job entails a lot more than just handling front office inquiries, and I never have any free time as my work load is pretty heavy). Do I include overtime when stating my salary? I make a decent wage for my area.
I have been at my new job as an administrativeassistant for just over two months. A previous employer used to require that salaried, exempt employees clock in and out every day. However, if we had to work more than 40 hours in a week, we weren’t paid overtime, because we were salaried/exempt.). day of PTO.
I am the manager of a small group of administrativeassistants, and we rarely have job openings. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. My boss wants me to hire his daughter. A long-term employee just resigned, and now the boss wants me to hire his daughter. How do I give my two weeks while she sticks around?
This job is a HUGE step up for me (job title, description, salary, etc), but maybe I made a mistake to accept it? Ultimately I turned the other company’s offer down and stayed at my current job, but with more salary, bonuses, PTO, flexibility, and remote work options. People hire their second choice all the time. Third choice, even.
I have witnessed some of the hiring manager call you horrible names when they were negotiating your salary. I am looking for an executive administrativeassistant position, so I will get offers regarding office work or being an office assistant. I just wanted to reach out because I do not approve of name calling.
Even though I earn a really good salary, it irks me that I spend over $3,500 a year for a car I don’t want. I work as at a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company as an administrativeassistant. There has been no offer to match the salary of the new role, not promise of a promotion, NOTHING… just “you can’t leave.”
Elsa was also approved to book a conference hotel room for just herself, while the administrativeassistant and I were asked to share (even after I was originally approved for single occupancy). can salaried employees be required to fill out a timesheet? You may also like: is 8-6 the new 9-5?
When someone is talking to our administrativeassistant at her desk, Sarah will run out of her office and join the conversation; she does this for lots of other people around the office too. I am interning at a large nonprofit organization, and there is a job opening that has not been posted yet that would be my ideal job and salary.
I am not salaried and barely make more than she does, but I audit her work, create all the templates for the schedules she needs to make, etc. I’m on a hiring committee for an administrativeassistant position at a large public research university. Please advise. Candidate sent a PDF of emails praising her work.
That may sound straightforward, but true pay equity hinges on many factors beyond implicit (or explicit) bias in hiring, promotion and salary offers. For example, an administrativeassistant and office coordinator may perform the same essential duties, so all other factors being equal, their pay should be similar.
The Office Manager’s Guide to Asking for a Raise and Boosting Your Salary. This is a phrase we’ve heard over and over again after speaking with hundreds of Office Managers, Admins and Assistants over the last several years since launching SnackNation. Here is a summary of what we learned: Come prepared with salary data.
I work for a small, family-owned company as an administrativeassistant. Does that mean I can never get a raise and am stuck at my current salary forever? I’d approach it this way: “I’m contributing at a significantly higher level than when my salary was last set three years ago. I like my job. For instance, _ (examples).
The second is a typical administrativeassistant-type role — more entry-level, with a salary to reflect that. Today, as I skimmed the local job sites, two different jobs popped up, both of which I am qualified for. The first is an accounting manager position. So, should I apply for both?
I have been an administrativeassistant for a solo practitioner in the healthcare industry for several years. It tracks work history and sometimes salary (!), Do I have to give my boss a heads-up I’m writing about astrology? Outside work, I am heavily into astrology. Thanking a boss who got me a full-time offer.
CitiGroup and Google are a part of an increasingly growing group of companies that are publicly posting salary ranges for all jobs and are spending money to close the wage gap. Hiring practices can reflect these initiatives to pay women fairly rather than the lowest amount they will agree to.
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