Be the Ultimate Assistant: A celebrity assistant's secrets to working with any high-powered employer

Low-Kramen is also a co-founder of New York Celebrity Assistants (NYCA). Third, there is a tremendous curiosity about the work. Skills & Qualities Needed for the Job. I wrote the book for three reasons. I decided that I was in a unique position to set the record straight and tell it the way it really is to those who actually want to know the truth of it! 18 chapters include: How do you find a job? Glamour, Glitz and other perks. THE AUTHOR COMMENTS I love being an assistant. Public Speaking. Salary & Benefits. Stories & quotes from assistants. The second is that there are too few resources for assistants, and certainly not only those who work for celebrities. A first-hand look at the world of a celebrity assistant, and

A New Jersey native, Ms. She worked in public relations and marketing for not-for-profit theatres in Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston before returning to New Jersey where she became Public Relations Director at Olympia Dukakis Whole Theatre in Montclair, NJ. It is the only organization of it s kind on the East Coast. Ms. Low-Kr

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