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Session 4 - Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011

Office Dynamics

Linda shared that for her current position, the company had received between 250-300 resumes. Back in the Pavilion Ballroom for our post-lunch session, Joanne and Linda began by describing strategic thinking and why it is vital to keep ahead of the game. She asked us, “What are you doing to make yourself competitive?”. There is no in-between.

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5 Ways to Nail a Surprise Phone Interview

On The Job

Have copies of your resume and talking points nearby. This is an updated version of a column that ran in 2011. Children with less than stellar telephone-answering skills should be asked to refrain from answering the phone, unless they can tell from caller i.d. that's it's grandma. Call back when you can find a quiet place to talk.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. Then she returns the ticket to the customer, who resumes shopping. These connections move prospects and new clients to a higher level of trust and appreciation, lowering their resistance to doing business with you.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

They have stellar resumes. Erin Balsa, head of content marketing at The Predictive Index , has been hiring freelance writers since 2011 and managing them since 2015. The pros of expert freelancers They can start promptly. They can hit the ground running. They’ve seen your tech stack before — especially if you’re a DTC brand.

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Quitting Your Job

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. Moreover, a long-term employment is the only accepted format when it comes to resumes and a series of job change is an indicator of lack of capacity to get along with people properly. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. Q uitting a job nowadays is not what it used to be.

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10 Tips for Setting Up Your Social Media & Internet Presence Safely to Improve Your Job Search & to Protect Yourself

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

List your resume on career job sites - Okay, a lot of people will tell you it’s not worth it to post your resume on sites like Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, etc. This was 2011 and I got really lucky. So while that may never happen again, I still post my resume online with a stripped down version because you never know.

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Personal Updates, Reflections and Looking To The Future

Eat Your Career

However, when I moved to Denver in 2011, something slowly began to shift. By early July, I was submitting resumes through online job boards sporadically but still relying on my network to create the kinds of connections I thought I would need to get a real foot in any door. Sure, I have a million great ideas (SQUIRREL!).

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