Career Recipe:  Season to Taste with Salt and Pepper

By Sheena McKinney, Executive Assistant to President Matt Heinz of Heinz Marketing
I recently had the honor of speaking on a panel with top Seattle Executive Assistants during Seattle Start Up Week.  I was introduced as having 30+ years of experience.  It made me sound so old!  Fortunately I wholeheartedly embrace my age and my gray hair so I was able to take it in stride.  Having a lot of years under my belt, with the salt & pepper hair to prove it doesn’t automatically equate to being a seasoned professional, but I’d like to think I am.
Rhonda at theHumanResource defines a seasoned professional as:
An individual that has achieved knowledge and expertise in his or her chosen profession through education, job-related hands on experience and or mentoring, all of which was gained by consistently putting in the time and effort necessary to perfect their craft.
According to Douglas E. Kiracofe, Founder at