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Baddog
10-14-2003, 03:17 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- She often meets her powerful clients on nights and on weekends, when no one is around. Some of them insist she call only on their cell phones, fearing the loose lips of secretaries.

Yet there is nothing unsavory about Jennifer Shaheen's line of work.

Shaheen, 32, is a computer tutor to corporate big shots, giving pointers in the fine arts of opening e-mail attachments, navigating Excel spreadsheets and performing other PC chores the executives' minions probably can do in their sleep.

"You'd be surprised by what they don't know," Shaheen says. "And they're not comfortable asking the IT person in their company because then they show weakness to their staff."


http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/10/14/bc.trainingtheboss.ap/index.html

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mireland
10-14-2003, 03:18 PM
:rolleyes:

cwin
10-14-2003, 03:22 PM
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neverwhere
10-14-2003, 03:27 PM
wow, sounds like my job... you would be suprised (or maybe not) by the amount of college students who dont know what a 'start menu' is ...

RayH
10-15-2003, 11:03 PM
Doesn't have to be tech savvy. He just has to be able to lead an organization.