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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

Be upfront in your cover letter. Now I’ve said it a hundred times before in my blogs, that the cover letter is the opportunity to sell yourself. The key to writing a cover letter and resume is to imagine you are never going to get the opportunity to talk to them (which sometimes is the case).

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

The Office Professionals Place by Elite Office Concepts The purpose of this blog is to educate, enlighten, motivate, inspire, and strengthen office professionals to grow in their professional development. Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Lets grow together!

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Announcement: The Shrink for Entrepreneurs is hiring

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

As my assistant, you will also be tasked with project management tasks and responsibility for those initiatives I launch with the time you created. Here are some things that would be super amazing if they happened to be on your resume, but are not hard requirements: You have experience with WordPress blog software.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

“First of all I would like to say thank you for the wealth of incredibly useful and generous advice on your blog! Dear SH, Glad you enjoy my blog! Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. Thanks very much!” 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

Admin Awards

And read more about the difference between EAs and Chiefs of Staff in this The Founder and the Force Multiplier blog article: tinyurl.com/EACOS. . Read more about transitioning from EA to Chief of Staff in this The Founder and the Force Multiplier blog article: tinyurl.com/COStransition. ” LEARN MORE …. BE A ‘SPONGE.’

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Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Aside from this blog, I also write over at jobstr.com under Hollywood Executive Assistant. 3) Ready my blog to make sure you want to work in entertainment and for an executive. Sometimes you can figure out which company it is and tailor your cover letter and resume or find the HR or hiring manager's email address online.

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

For any readers of my blog and my column , you’ll know I hail from Japan and also consider myself an Angeleno! 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.