When interviewing someone for any profession, being equipped with a carefully planned list of questions is important to determine the best candidate for the position. When hiring a personal concierge service, this is absolutely essential. Your concierge will have access to many personal details of your life, and you need to be certain that they can be trusted. These ten questions will help you determine whether the person you are interviewing is the best fit for you and Read More >
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9 Ways to Maximize Time at the Grocery Store
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Grocery shopping is no one’s favorite errand. Dodging shopping carts, reading confusing labels and standing in long checkout lines eat up your precious time. Unfortunately, it is a task that needs to be done because we all have to eat. If you want to cut the amount of effort you put into grocery shopping and maximize your time at the supermarket, then follow these tips for grocery shopping success: PREPARE A LIST There is nothing worse than getting home from the Read More >
Establishing Trust with a Personal Concierge
By Good Neighbor Concierge
Hiring a personal concierge to help free up some of your time involves giving him or her access to just about every personal area of your life. For many people, handing over their credit card number, bank account information, computer files or car and house keys is an unnerving thought. Building solid relationships takes time and effort, and being able to trust someone with the intimate details of your life is something that will only come from familiarity with an Read More >
A Personal Concierge’s Secret Weapon: Impeccable Customer Service
By Good Neighbor Concierge
A personal concierge takes pride in creating memorable experiences for people. They have a passion to serve, an ability to multi-task, and a flair for remaining graceful and calm under pressure. However, even the most competent individual still needs a concierge's secret weapon: impeccable customer service. What is Customer Service? It is important to remember that there are two components: services that the concierge delivers, and how you, the client, feel about Read More >
How A Personal Concierge Can Save You Time And Money
By Good Neighbor Concierge
How much is your time worth to you? While that might seem like an odd question, the answer can have a huge impact on how you live your life. It’s an old cliché, but “time is money” and the more time that you spend doing things that are unproductive, the less time you will have to put towards projects that generate revenue, or increase your quality of life. Have you ever given any thought to the quantity of time you spend checking emails? How many hours a day do you Read More >
Why Hire a Personal Assistant
By Good Neighbor Concierge
All working professionals have more to do than they can possibly get done in a day. As our jobs spill over and take up more of our personal time, we find ourselves feeling burned out and overwhelmed. But what if you had an extra pair of hands to help share some of the burden of everyday tasks? Hiring a personal assistant can allow you to take back more of your most precious resource – time. No longer considered a status symbol, personal assistants have become essential Read More >
3 Reasons the Digital Age Can Decrease Productivity
By Good Neighbor Concierge
In today's fast-paced world, everyone is looking for ways to get things done quicker and easier. Technology has allowed us to increase the pace at which we work, creating more efficient and effective ways of getting things done. Although the convenience of technology has made our lives easier, it can also create more demands on our time, and can actually decrease productivity - if we let it. The key is to embrace the technological tools that increase productivity, and Read More >
Why Sitting in Urban Traffic Will Cost You
By Good Neighbor Concierge
I was walking around the Brighton neighborhood the other day and with every direction I turned, I could not help but notice the enormous amount of cars idling in traffic. Every direction. Cars trying to maneuver around a delivery truck making its morning rounds. City buses packed with weary passengers, jostling for position. School buses loaded with children struggling to get through the traffic and make it to the schools on schedule. Add in the occasional Read More >
Confessions of a Boston Personal Concierge
By Good Neighbor Concierge
I recently spent an afternoon volunteering at St. Francis House in Boston, the largest day shelter in New England. That day, like many times before, I was serving lunch to the homeless men and women who would stop by every day. The weather was gloomy outside, but inside the kitchen there was nothing but love and warmth. My confession? I love sharing my time every week at the shelter. It's not a lot of time, but I somehow manage to squeeze it all in. Food has the Read More >
How Not to be a Frazzled Person
By Good Neighbor Concierge
It is an all-too-familiar scene played out in virtually every household in America, almost every single day: People rushing out the door in the morning, hustling the children off to childcare or school, sitting through rush-hour traffic, picking up coffee and a breakfast pastry on the way to the office because there was no time for a decent morning meal, squeezing in a call to the doctor’s office to reschedule an appointment in between meetings, picking up the dry Read More >
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