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MARCH 11, 2018

There are nine staff members and about the same number of attorneys. I am starting to plan the annual Administrative Assistant’s Day observance. For the past several years, the firm hosts all the administrative staff to a nice lunch at the local country club, followed by a lecture on a topic by one of the two senior partners.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The psychologist who assessed and interviewed me had concluded her preliminary assessment with three diagnoses: 1) Atypical Anorexia, 2) Borderline Personality Disorder, 3) Depression. A nurse and a male administrative staff member, who actually functioned as a temporary nurse, hurriedly greeted us.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

My department’s practice group leader (PGL, the head of a certain practice in a firm) is hosting a year-end party for our department at his home, which is out of the way for the administrative staff, though most of the attorneys live on the same block. This was basically a really long interview, more or less.).

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JUNE 28, 2017

A reader writes: I am a new manager with a team of six administrative staff. Who should attend an exit interview? There is a pervasive culture of gossiping among the team that I am at a loss about how to address. Other questions I’m answering there today include: I can’t do my new job’s required travel.

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MARCH 29, 2017

I’ve have been through the interview process for a job with a small company. In my second interview, I met with the manager for about two minutes because apparently he was double booked for interviews. After mentioning this to HR, they said I should just have another interview with management (same person as before).

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Will mentioning my concussion demonstrate grit in interviews? I’m a recent PhD graduate applying to full time positions and preparing for interviews. My question is whether or not I should mention my concussion in my interviews. And in fact, the only people interviewed for this position have been men so far.

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MAY 30, 2017

Currently I manage a X-person administrative staff, and I’m looking for a similar role.” I know when I tell my manager that I’m leaving, it will look like I’ve been taking advantage of her and actually interviewing, which was not the case. Nope, not weird. I’d never use sick time for that.”.

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JUNE 27, 2018

I started as an analyst and worked my way up to manager and then senior manager, leading a team of warehouse operators and administrative staff, about 40 headcount altogether. I was allowed to take an active part in the interviews and decision-making process. A reader writes: I’ve been with my company over a decade.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

He will coordinate the work of several professionals, and also manage a couple of administrative staff members, Abigail and Cynthia. I have an interview coming up with an organization I really want to work for. Since you already have an interview set up, I’d be prepared to address it even if she doesn’t.

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