From Recruitment to Hired: My Experience
The process of looking for a job is something most of us know all too well. It often involves endless hours scrolling through LinkedIn and job boards, filling out application after application, often with no response or the familiar “we’ve decided to move forward with other candidates” email. It’s a cycle of emotional highs and lows: the anticipation, the waiting, the hope after an interview, and sometimes the disappointment that follows. Recruitment these days is a bit of a challenge. That’s why my experience with Northern Primrose stood out from the very beginning. Finding the Right Fit Interestingly, I found [...]
What Does a Virtual Executive Assistant (VEA) Really Do? It’s More Than You Think
“So, what do you do for a living?” or “Do you work?”. I HATE this question. “I’m a Virtual Executive Assistant (VEA)” just doesn’t self-explain like “I’m a nurse” or “I’m a dental hygienist". People just look at you and ask “What’s that?”. Ugh. My best friends and my own mother have no idea what I do even though I’ve been doing it for nearly 4 years. My mom once told someone “She does financial things for financial people”, because my clients were mainly financial advisors and insurance companies. Ok, fair. I did do financial things for financial people, and [...]
Hiring Etiquette: What Employers and Applicants Keep Getting Wrong
Hiring Etiquette Is Not Optional What we have learned from hiring people, getting it wrong, and fixing it Hiring is one of those things people assume they are good at because they have done it a few times. We thought that too. At Northern Primrose, we have hired a lot over the years. Different roles. Different levels. Different seasons of growth. And yes, we have made mistakes. Some small. Some expensive. Some embarrassing in hindsight. What matters more than that is that we noticed them and changed how we hire because the process was not working as well as [...]
