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Jaci's work combines: Business, Technology, and Working Independently
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Roseburg Senior High School
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an Executive Secretaries & Executive Administrative Assistants:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Played as a child pretending that I worked in an office (copying, filing, typing).
2.
Worked in an office as a teenager and loved it.
3.
Learned accounting (hated it) but loved the office setting.
4.
Made the right choice out of two job offers (listened to what was right for ME, not them).
5.
Worked smarter not harder.
6.
When the opportunity arose I jumped in with both feet....and a lot of fear.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
The biggest in my career was: 'Maybe she shouldn't return from Maternity Leave to this position.'
How I responded:
Discouragement hurts and it's okay to let it hurt (for a little bit). THEN you have a choice: you can choose to let the "noise" define you or you can let it improve you. Be better than the negative noise, be more than the discouragement, let negative noise make you better at what you do and who you are, it's very difficult to not take discouragement personally - if you let it improve you then it becomes a positive rather than a negative part of your past.