Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 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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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

“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! Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer will silently wonder the following questions. If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). The kind lady asked me what I did for work so I gave her my resume. She gave me her business card.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 6, 2013

Google for the UTA list and sign up for all email lists and job boards for the entertainment industry, network with people you know, send your resume and cover letter snail mail to every company you want to work at to the attn of the recruiting department, and establish an online presence so headhunters find you via LinkedIn and job sites.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 26, 2009

It consists of former bosses, co-workers, friends at work and in my personal life, friends of friends, professional network groups I'm a part of, anyone through my volunteering activities, temp agencies, and people I'm a client to as well - my former personal trainer, my photographer, etc. What have you tried? What has or hasn't worked?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

“I love your blog and really appreciate your insights and advice. The staffing agent asked if I was open to temp to perm, even though the position was for a full time EA, he feels the CEO may need time to see if it is a good fit. I have no idea how long "temp" is considered before they would offer the permanent position.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

Sometimes companies don’t validate for parking especially if you are doing testing at a temp agency and are there for a few hours. You’ll need to make copies of your resume or have a nice folder. You have to wear a different outfit each time. You will spend a lot on gas just driving around town or on business travel.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 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 Recently, a temp worker at my job gave me another Google tip.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

I love your question because no one has ever asked this question on the blog. I also knew everything I was feeling was very true for me, but also confusing because if my boss didn’t need me, I wouldn’t have a job, I wouldn’t get a paycheck, and I wouldn’t have all this experience to put on my resume. You can just write “Thx!”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

I am writing at another site while blogging here as well. Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. I welcome questions at both places. Hope these answers help you.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

4) Start temping immediately. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address. You can just write “Thx!”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. Dear JH, Thank you for reading my blog! The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town.

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Office Dynamics

AUGUST 7, 2018

One full-time job and a few temp positions came after that one. You can read and follow Dana’s blogs at Success Encourager. A few months later I attended an event at the old job and walked up to the director (the birdman) and thanked him. Dana is also available to speak to small groups. August 14, 2018.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Aside from this blog, I also write over at jobstr.com under Hollywood Executive Assistant. 1) Focus your resume on your skills/talents vs the job title/chronology. Whatever bullet points and items they list that you do well, lift those sentences verbatim from the job description and put them in your resume. Happy reading!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

For any readers of my blog and my column , you’ll know I hail from Japan and also consider myself an Angeleno! Tell us your story on how you went from temping in LA to being the EA of high-profile CEOs. I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. We really like her.” It’s just that simple.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

I'm so glad I found your blog. It also looks bad on one’s resume. And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. I volunteer, I read a lot, I write this blog, I sleep a lot and have a lot of fun. We have a new reader with a question today! station for almost 2 years.

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On The Job

JULY 10, 2009

Have a system in place to acknowledge that youve received a resume and/or cover letter when they come flooding in. It may cost you some time in the beginning, but it will save you in the long run when job seekers tie up your phone lines or e-mail asking, "Did you get my resume?" Besides, its just common courtesy.

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