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How to Deal with Employment Gaps in Your Resume

Eat Your Career

I think that the more forward-looking recruiters and hiring managers understand employment gaps a lot more now than they ever did in the past. And I think that this has been changing since about 2008, which was when we had the great recession. People had employment gaps around that 2008-2009 time period.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – C.V. Writing Service | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Writing Service by Stefan Töpfer on May 20, 2008 The competitive job market makes it important for applicants to have a résumé that stands out from the pile. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk Small Business Start-Up Idea – C.V.

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Melba Duncan on the Hot Skills EAs Need For 2009 and Beyond

Stellar Assistants

Duncan in job interviews, and have even quoted her in resume' cover letters. The first was in AdminAdvantage (if you don't already subscribe to this publication - I highly endorse it), dated November - December 2008 ( [link] ). Executives and hiring managers - is your assistant truly indispensable?

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Tips From Successful Job Seekers

On The Job

In 2008, Linda Woody was a stay-at-home mom for two daughters, sometimes picking up work as a public-relations consultant. In October 2009 — when thousands of people were losing jobs — Woody was hired as communications manager for Association Headquarters Inc. in Mount Laurel, N.J. There are jobs out there," Woody says.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Confessions of a Micro-Manager ▼ September (3) The Advertising Game Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles We live in an Acronym Happy World. Business Writing Guidelines for 2008 C or cc or copy?

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

And as I climbed the admin ladder, when I got recruited for a project manager role, the person who referred me was also someone I had met when I was “just a temp” stuffing those thousands of envelopes. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road.