Thursday Things — Aug 29th, 2024

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Every Thursday, we deliver a quick email with 5 new job listings, 3 fun posts, and 1 helpful tech tip straight to your inbox. 📬

5 new job listings

1. Duolingo, $91.8k - $192k, Pittsburgh (PA)

2. Him & Hers, $115k - $140k, Remote

3. Niantic, $126k - $140k, San Francisco (CA)

4. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, $87.4k - $106.7k, San Francisco (CA)

5. T-Mobile, $66k - $119k, Bellevue (WA)

3 posts you might’ve missed

#1

If you’re struggling to find a role, you might find long-term success with a temp agency! 💼

Obvious_Boat3636: “Meant to be at the job for 2 weeks as a temp but here 2 years later. I’m now permanent and working in an industry I’ve been trying to get into for a while.“

OkFox6626: “I was meant to be there a month, but it turned into a full time position since they liked me”

Over_Smile9733: “3 days in my one week temporary job, they offered full time permanent. Yes, they are a great tool to use to get your foot in the door.”

#2

According to Sumissura, Donna was getting paid $70k - $90k in Seasons 1-4 and then $300k - $400k from Season 5 onwards. 👩‍💼

#3

What are your favorite things to hear as an EA? 🥰

1 Tech Tip

This was one of my most popular tech tips from the archives.

Formatting flight search results with ChatGPT ✈️

I had a call with an EA the other day who told me she spends 45 minutes/week converting flight search results on Kayak to perfectly templated messages.

Enter: ChatGPT

ChatGPT is free (woo!) but I have the paid version ($20/mo). IMO, it's still a bargain because these 45 minute tasks can be minimized to 10 seconds.

Here's how:

1) Do your normal flight search.

2) Take a screenshot of the results.

3) Upload screenshot to ChatGPT and use this prompt:

"Format the top 5 results from the flight search attached into the following structure:

[DAY OF THE WEEK] [MONTH/DAY], [Departing Airport Code] -> [Arriving Airport Code], [Airline Code], [Number of stops], [Cabin], [Departure time] -> [Arrival time], [Price]"

4) Copy and paste the results to your email/message.

5) Send to your executive.

For all future flight searches, all you need to do is drop in new screenshots. This works for hotel results as well.

Give it a go!

Btw, if you’d like a refresher on past Tech Tips without digging through your emails, they’ll now all be available in a single post right here.

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