Paula Graham Office Assistant / Office Help Craigslist Post Scam Philadelphia Internet

Hello ---------,

Thanks for responding to my advert placed. Kindly go through this introductory mail and feel free to ask any question if you don't understand any part of it. 

 

Paula Graham is my name, a freelance wildlife and nature photographer located on the Worcestershire and Shropshire border and specialises in British Flora and Fauna. My images regularly feature in publications and are available to purchase. I is often asked to give talks to interest groups across the country and  i also run a number of nature photography workshops.  

 

I am based in a small village located on the periphery of the Wyre Forest . Having always had an interest in the natural world. I took up photography 16 years ago, hoping to match some of the beautiful images produced by Mark Sisson, Peter Cairns and Mark Hamblin etc.

 

I often conduct LIVE slide/talk lectures on Understanding Exposure, the Art of Seeing, Macro Photography and Photographing People throughout the Canada, USA and Asia countries. At the moment, I am in a work-ship here in California. I will be here for Three weeks after which I will fly down to Philippines for a Live-slide/talk show lectures with some students. My destination after the trip is Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. I am presently making arrangement for a Studio there but the location is yet to be confirmed and the need to have an assistant that will handle that when I'm within and out of the states.

 

His/her duties will be the following:

 

1.To receive letters and mails on my behalf.

 

2.Receive payments from clients who want to attend the forth coming workshops or Live shows.

 

3.Schedule appointments for me.

 

4.Book my flight tickets.

 

5.Send letters and mails from my clients.

 

Many more...

All you need do is to check your emails twice daily and keep your phone on most times in case i might need to call you from any location. I do have a number of things you could help me with next week if you will be available to start. This can act as a stable foundation to our working relationship. Let me know if you have any of the office equipment (If not, I will make arrangements to send them to your address). For proper review (since i am not available now to set up a face-to-face interview) supply out correctly the information below.

 

FULL NAMES...................

 

ADDRESS.................

 

CITY ............STATE.............

 

ZIP CODE............

 

PHONE NUMBER (S) ........................

 

PRESENT OCCUPATION.................... ..........

 

Email....................

 

Scanned copy of your ID: (You can provide that later when you are employed)

Note: It will be of added advantage if you can provide 2 references from your past employments.

Benefits:

- Yearly performance bonus

 

- Paid vacation/sick/personal days

 

- Medical benefits

 

Salary: $500 weekly($2,000 monthly) Also, there will be compensation for efficiency and hard working. I will be glad to read back from you.

 

Thanks,

Paula Graham.

 

 

PART 2

Hello ---------,

Thanks for your response. I want you to understand that requested information in the introductory message was basically meant  for acknowledgement purpose and I am so happy that you are interested in been my assistant. 

I have had a previous Assistant who has been very commendable in her activities and who has been part of my business, she had an accident and she told me that she cant continue. I sincerely hope you will be as efficient as she has been.

This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that I may come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. There is also a very sensitive issue on trust and accountability which I believe will resolve itself as time goes on. Kindly understand that having a full time or part time job requires the need for an interview, either face to face, phone or email but considering my present location, I will not be able to do the first two but this is via email. I will also do a face to face interview as soon as I get back to the states and by then we should be able to converse very well over the phone. 

I have some question which is an act of my own interview and I don't  want you to see my questions as a stumbling block to the position you want to apply for, its just a way of getting to know ourselves very well. Study the questions below and answer each one as honest and detailed as you possibly can. If you don't have an answer to any of the question, kindly leave blank.

 ###    What made you decide to apply for this job?

 ###    Tell me about yourself and your last/current job/class?

 ###    If I call your previous employer or references what are they likely to tell me in regards to your dependability/attendance?

 ###   Tell me about a time when you demonstrated your trustworthiness or integrity in school or at work?

 ###     Tell me about a time when you were working hard to complete a task and you were asked to leave that task before completing it and start a different job?

 ###     Tell me about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty to get a job done?

 ###     Give me an example of a time when you had set a goal for yourself and tell me how you went about accomplishing it?

 ###      Give me a specific occasion on which you followed a policy with which you did not agree?

 ###      How many sick days have you taken from work in the past year?

 ###      Are you able to work shifts? Graveyard shifts? Weekends? Are you available for business travel?

 ###     Do you want this job part time or full time in the future. Just in-case you have a commitment with a current job?

 ###      Are you comfortable and efficient working from home?

 ###       Do you have any of these office equipments, please tick Yes/No where applicable:

Printer

Personal Laptop/Desktop

Internet Access

 Scanner

Fax machine

Shredder

File Cabinets

Thanks so much and will be waiting to read back from you.

Sincerely,

Paula Graham.