Job Advice Blog

APRIL 22, 2010

Many of my clients have asked me to help them prep for a phone interview. Of course your body language, smile, and ability to connect with someone on a personal level gives you the upper hand when sitting in the same room. The Call: When you do your phone interview make sure that you are in a quiet place with good phone reception.

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Success

MARCH 14, 2023

Put them on your mirror to boost your confidence on days you find yourself struggling with negative self-image. Read one financial blog post per day and learn from people who have already made the money mistakes you’re making right now. Improve yourself by taking Ivy League courses. Combat emotional enemies to improve yourself.

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On The Job

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4 ways to keep your confidence during a job hunt I hear from a lot of people who are out of work. Months later, the confidence has left their voice.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 11, 2008

This August will be my one-year anniversary of starting my blog. Over 250 articles later and here I am still blogging. What I have learned as a blogger Blogging about your career is an excellent way to present yourself to a potential employer. I have gained confidence in what I do from reading and writing about it.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She’s best known for her award-winning blog, which has inspired millions of moms in more than 160 countries. Today she teaches people how to amplify their lives and transform their minds through her courses, speaking engagements, podcast and coaching business. Mason empowers women to speak up with confidence and stand out with courage.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Communicate with your manager to ensure you both understand the expectations of your position and confidently discuss the future vision for you and your position. You can read and follow Dana’s blogs at Success Encourager. Be prepared to ask questions & request justification if negative feedback is given.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 19, 2012

There was a point in my career when I spent $1000 on a job interview. I had been headhunted by a major company through a word of mouth referral and their interview process required taking a few different skills tests. I had some background in the subject matters as I had taken college courses and passed. I took the test.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2017

Of course, sometimes a full diary is unavoidable, but it’s my job to make his life as easy as possible, so I feel like I’ve failed him if he’s having a tiring week! I’m really proud of that, and so grateful that the company had the confidence in me to give me ownership of the project. Hot melty butter.

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 28, 2017

How confident are you in your video content marketing strategy? Your fans should be on the lookout for new content, excitedly awaiting your next videos and blog posts. Interview series. Video record live interviews you host, and post them on your website and social media channels. Blog post-to-video videos.

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 12, 2016

There are also lots of opportunities over the course of the conference to meet and network with every other assistant in the room. There will be a number of specific soft skills sessions for assistants, including an interactive keynote, from award winning coach and author Jenny Garrett, on confidence in the workplace.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was interviewed by the lovely Elena Aylott from EMEA East about my blog and social media in general. Why did you decide to write a blog? I think a lot of assistants are in the same position and appreciate the blog because I approach it with that honesty. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I was interviewed by the lovely Elena Aylott from EMEA East about my blog and social media in general. Why did you decide to write a blog? I think a lot of assistants are in the same position and appreciate the blog because I approach it with that honesty. That inspires me to write this free blog! Yes yes yes!

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Job Advice Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Get a Job On September 22, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 Don’t misunderstand the title of this blog.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The course traditionally goes on to warn agents about the possible negative impact on the company and business. Many agents politely listen, but consider the training course just a supplement to common sense.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Ronald Reagan CONNECT WITH NICKI Nicki on LinkedIn Article Nicki contributed to on BCG’s blog – The Heart of CEO Effectiveness ABOUT NICKI Nicki Cave is currently the Administrative Services Director for the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Dallas EA/AA team. So I When interviewed, I don’t. It’s higher pay.

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

An 18-year blogging veteran, Ajayi covers all things culture with a critical yet humorous lens on her website Awesomely Luvvie and wrote the instant best-sellers Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual (2021) and I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (2016). Luvvie Ajayi. Writer, speaker, podcast host. Andrea Callanan.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I was interviewed earlier this month and so I pasted it below. For any readers of my blog and my column , you’ll know I hail from Japan and also consider myself an Angeleno! When people would ask me in interviews, my first answer was, “No nepotism here!” For me, I wanted to do this interview to give back.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2015

Well, friends, let me start this blog post by saying one thing: I’m still alive! I would definitely do things differently if so—and it won’t be tomorrow—but for now, I’m confident in my decision to make this change. My very first official interview resulted in a job offer, which I declined (with great anxiety!). I know, I know.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2015

Well, friends, let me start this blog post by saying one thing: I’m still alive! I would definitely do things differently if so—and it won’t be tomorrow—but for now, I’m confident in my decision to make this change. My very first official interview resulted in a job offer, which I declined (with great anxiety!). I know, I know.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Although the case remains unsolved, Johnson and Johnson developed the triple-seal tamper resistant package to restore consumer confidence. Initial autopsy reports confirmed that the capsules had contained deadly cyanide.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The news stories focus on completely legitimate reasons for why this is happening, such as staff taking early retirement, fears about Covid and not wanting to return to the office, lack of childcare, and of course, the search for better jobs at higher compensation. The term “boss” has run its course and new words need to replace it.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 13, 2012

Lack of confidence. Cater to them, and you’ll run out of words, live in doubt and constantly fight with your writing confidence. How do you skyrocket your writing confidence? Writers suffer mountains of self-doubt and cripple themselves with a lack of writing confidence. Blank-page syndrome. Insecurities.

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On The Job

MARCH 14, 2013

When the challenge was for my team to correctly spell "pharaoh," of course they chose me to take it on. That turned out to be a mistake as I confidently spelled it "pharoah." A couple of years ago I played the game Cranium for the first time. I'll be the first to admit that even as a professional writer, I sometimes make mistakes.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Senior management can lead with their vision and strategies in order to instill employee confidence. From that negative comes lack of productivity, low self-esteem, and a breakdown of teamwork.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 28, 2011

I then learned that a Twitterview was an interview that was conducted on Twitter using a hashtag (we used #BizProd) to aggregate all of the comments together in one spot where people could follow the conversation. It was her first time being the interviewer.) .  Well, my buddy Marcia Hoeck Steger put me to the test last week! 

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On The Job

JULY 20, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, July 20, 2009 Do Online Classes Make Sense for Your Career? Those interviewed for this story agree that online courses are better suited to the “older” student.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets So I started to say Yes and it was a real confidence booster.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2012

You can’t really go anywhere online without hearing about Chris Guillebeau or his ultra-famous blog, the Art of Non-Conformity. And what’s with his eclectic blog that breaks all the “stick to your niche” rules? How to continually feed your blog, even when you don’t feel like it. Chris writes – a lot. How to Get in on the Call.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 11, 2010

For those that I write press releases or blog posts – do they need something else? Of course they change and Deborah Chaddock Brown from Make or Break Moments wrote a good post Customer Relationships: Not Something You Can Set and Forget that brought this issue to my [.] We can’t just set them and forget them.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

AUGUST 8, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets The same applies if you have a job interview or a new challenge at work.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Thank you so much and I intend to come back to your blog often.

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Job Advice Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

I take it in stride, though, because in 99 percent of the cases, I’m of course not interested, and I know that the e-mail has been sent to a [.]. Every morning when I get to my computer, I’m amazed at how many companies have targeted me as someone in need of their products or services.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets Of course there is a down side to being able to do that.

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Productivityist

JUNE 4, 2018

With head held high and swelling confidence, I strode out into my day. Of course I exaggerate. If during a lunch meeting I promise to share a blog post or send a quote, I can write down that commitment on the Fofi card rather than pull out my phone, which many people interpret as bad manners. Anxiety doesn’t help either.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JUNE 14, 2009

Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Todays Administrative Assistant We all have to work, but who says we cant enjoy it too! My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets I feel confident as I check off each item that things will be done on time.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 14, 2015

Hello New and Returning Readers, Many apologies that I have not been blogging as much. The inspiration this latest blog was spurred for 3 reasons. And in consulting with some of the people above, I also realized a part of it was tied to self esteem/confidence, knowing what they wanted, or establishing priorities.

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