Thread: Next Time, Read the Fine Print. (Sync & Darkest_Fate)

This was how the ad had read WANTED Person to accompany and assist senior executive of AshTech, Ltd. Role to look after day-to-day needs and requirements of executive while travelling. Would suit someone recently finished high school, about to enter college. Enjoyment of travel, shopping, dinner functions highly advisable. Experience not necessary. Administrative and personal skills an advantage. Open-mindedness and flexibility required. Current drivers licence an advantage, current passport essential. Good remuneration salary package negotiable. Career options available. Immediate start. To apply, send your CV with cover letter and references to iwantthisassistroleashtechltd.com as soon as possible. As shed expected, Vivienne Ash owner and CEO of AshTech Ltd, one of the leading designers and supplies of robotics equipment to manufacturing, and an innovator in the research of biomechanical devices for medical prosthetic purposes received a large number of responses. She was not surprised that the majority of respondents were female the references to shopping and formal functions probably drew their attention more. Shed placed the advertisement in a number of newspapers, both local and national, and had also put the ad on a few job-search websites. The ad attracted hundreds of views, and shed received several dozen responses. Almost a third of the respondents were discarded on cover letter alone social media and reference-checking helped narrow that list down to a half-dozen that were called in for interview. Vivienne was certainly no slouch in the brains department. Shed attended Harvard right out of high school, done a double-degree in Robotics and Electronics Engineering and completed the six-year course at age twenty-five with a High Distinction in each degree. After working for a couple of year in the RD department of a couple of engineering firms, she branched out and started her own company AshTech was not a very original name, she readily conceded that, but it didnt have to be. She managed to fill a niche in the robotics field by plying contacts and poaching staff, and quickly built her company up to become a major contender in the national economy. She diversified by bringing in medical staff, surgeons and specialists in neurological and nervous systems, and began looking into the state of prosthetics. By the time she was thirty two years ago, now AshTech was a recognised name in the medical industry, as well as the engineering and technology industries. For virtually the entire time Vivienne was almost solely focussed on her work and building her company her personal life largely took a back seat. Vivienne was noted to have slept at her desk on more than a few occasions. The downside if there was one was that all this extra notoriety and diversity of product brought additional business, and resulted in additional travel. At first it was just interstate travel as she flitted from state conference to state conference as AshTech grew and its holdings expanded, though, that travel became international, as the demands of industry meant she had to travel to both medical and engineering conferences in other countries. China, Japan, Germany, Australia, Canada, England, Swedenshed been to all of those countries, and more. AshTech continued to grow. She was neglecting herself, though. Oh, she was looking after herself by watching her fitness and diet, but there were other things that simply eating well and exercising couldnt achieve Vivienne knew within herself maybe a secretary or two had suggested it that she was at risk of burning out if she didnt slow down, or at least find a way to take care of herself on a personal level. Thus the need for this new role. It was not an official position within AshTech the role was, while reporting to the CEO of AshTech, a private appointment by and to the CEO, paid for out of the CEOs own pocket. Of course, the CEO could choose to slot the successful person into AshTech if she wishedif the person was good enough. So this role, the one she had interviewed a half-dozen people four girls, two boys for, was to try and address that by having the person be available for dinners, conversation, social activities, massagingthings like that. Of course, the employment contract was rather vague about the duties this role would actually perform, although there was no doubt rom the employment agreement if the successful applicant ever bothered to read that far, beyond the salary and benefits package information that the CEO could decide what was and was not necessary of and for the role. And Vivienne had already decided that the role could certainly be used to take care of a few more personal thingsgently and subtly, of course, although the privacy and non-disclosure clauses of the contract would ensure that what happened behind closed doors, stayed behind closed doors. In any case, this was a personal and private appointment, not paid for by the company. Of the intervieweesit was a bit tricky, initially, to sort them out. Vivienne took her time to carefully go over each of the short-listed candidates CVs, references, notes from discussions, social media profiles before eventually knocking back one boy and one girl from the list of those shed definitely interview, although she filed these ones away with AshTechs HR department for future reference. The remaining four, though, she called in one each day over the course of a week with the intention of making a decision on the Friday Monday Claire Taylor, a competent girl looking at going to college Tuesday Blake Garrett, a young man with an interest in IT Wednesday Paige Carter, a cute young thing not long out of High School Thursday Amy Williamson, a young lady wanting a career in medicine. On the Friday, she decided to appoint young Paige Carter to the role. Paige was an eager, cute young lady not a lot of skills on her CV, but very good references and a strong desire and willingness to learn and to do what it took to succeed in the role. There was a fire and determination in Paige that Vivienne found desirable, and it didnt hurt that Paige was very easy on the eyeduring their interview, Vivienne had to bite her tongue to stop herself from making a comment to the extent of how cute Paige was. On the Monday, Paige came into the AshTech offices again and paperwork was drawn up and signed, with a start of the Monday of the following week Vivienne made sure Paige was in no doubt that theyd be travelling almost immediately the Tuesday would see the pair of them heading interstate to a three-day conference a week after that theyd be flying to Germany for a week-long conference. Paige was, in effect, to be Viviennes personal valet and assistant, and would be in part responsible for all of Viviennes affairs while they travelled, to leave Vivienne free to focus on the business at hand Paige had a fortnight to make sure her travel documents were in order and that she was ready to travel internationallyher future at AshTech hung in the balance. All Vivienne had to do was wait for the girl to officially start.