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4 Ways to Leverage Your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy

All Things Admin

Do you want to prove that you can do what you say you can, stand out in a job search, take advantage of career opportunities that come your way, and easily demonstrate why you deserve a raise or promotion? Then you need a professional portfolio!

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Assistant Certifications: free webinar replay & handout

Office Dynamics

A certification can certainly help you get promoted to an executive assistant position or be considered for an executive assistant position. It also promotes yourself for your next position. (BM). The baby boomers, Gen Y’s, and millenniums are mentoring each other both on technology and human moments. I am excited.

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10 gifts to give your career

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, December 28, 2009 10 gifts to give your career As the gift-giving season draws to a close, it’s time to remember that you still have one more gift left to bestow: The gift of a better career.

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Bored to Tears at Work - Help!

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I knew I didn’t want to job hunt for more than 6-9 months if I didn’t have to. And as I was working, job hunting and/or temping, I had to find other sources of happiness. So I read a lot about happiness, job hunting, and a meaningful life. I’m not sure how your job hunting experience was.

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Answering Reader Mail: Taking Your Career to the Next Level

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Take personality tests, read books, talk to people. When you interview for new jobs, do your yearly job performance reviews, network, or whenever appropriate, make it clear you have bigger goals. State you’d love to be an EA and learn so much you can be promoted to coordinator, director, manager. Work on your weaknesses.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Because I knew nothing about the job except my title (EA) and the dept (I think it was in marketing). And I had a lot of temp work coming my way, I had a lot of interviews about to be booked, I had just started my job hunt, and I had so many unanswered questions. So why forego a full time job for a 2 year trial?

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

It says a lot when your boss wants to grow you within the company and promote you. I mentored other younger assistants. I started this blog while temping/job hunting and I was allowed to write or do personal side projects as long as it was not interfering with my work.

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