Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

AKA – Kiyomi’s 21-Step Job Hunt Strategy 1) Contact everyone you know in a personalized, positive, fun email When I first graduated college and whenever I am seeking new opportunities, I will literally email everyone I know. The point of the email is to check in with that person - ask how they are and ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And I will get an email stating that my receipt was received and that it will be soon processed. After the receipt image is processed, you get a chance to generate a report from within the same iPhone app and send that report to you (or to someone else) by email. I got a confirmation email for this piece of paper too.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 20, 2011

Here's a tip: you talk to, email several people a day. I also can use the recording to make a cd and give to potential clients or current clients instead of a business card or brochure. Most people remember to click the "share on Facebook" (or Twitter, Digg, etc.) The list itself could be one.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

What’s the point of having 3,500 twitter followers or 1,000 facebook friends? The smallest building block of this circle is your business card (if we’re talking about business relationships). I gave up business cards a while ago. In fact, I think following those numbers can be deceiving to some degree.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 14, 2010

Alright, well, I know he emailed me to let me know I had a broken link in a post. And I know he was interested in what that link led to, which made me think well of him, so I emailed him back. In less than 5 emails, in fact. This is perhaps my most important rule of thumb, whether writing books, blog posts, or emails.

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2010 AT&T Email Interviewing 40

Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

I was having a conversation with Deb Ng of Freelance Writing Gigs on Twitter , and I smirked at her comment. People even imply and suggest (or at least the Twitter gang did) that bloggers should be ashamed of asking for money, for any kind of payment for that solid advice and knowledge. Time to think about the retirement fund.&#

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MARCH 25, 2010

Doesn’t have an office and most of the time doesn’t have business cards either (the new dial tone being twitter , of course). But there is an important 25% which is made by consulting time, programming or interaction (email or social media). For a digital nomad the world is the office.

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