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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

Success

Whether you’re interested in an internal promotion or looking for a role with a new company, showing how you’ve used your interpersonal skills to succeed in past positions can make you a much more attractive candidate. Identify the soft skill keywords in a job posting and include the relevant ones in your resume and cover letter.

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

Allwork

2023 grads are entering a job market that is not so quick to employ new grads. This is a shift from the past two years where companies were fiercely competing to recruit interns and recent graduates. Although the U.S. Many of the top-paying and most sought-after large companies, such as Google, Meta, and McKinsey & Co.,

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Stand Out at Your Next Performance Review With a Professional Portfolio!

All Things Admin

Cover letters. Letters of recommendation. If you need more help developing your professional portfolio, we have plenty of resources, including: Develop Your Digital Portfolio Course. How to Create a Powerful Social Portfolio Using LinkedIn Course. © 2022 Julie Perrine International, LLC. Work samples.

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15 Fun Facts About Stacy Leitner

A Great Day's Work

The association I have participated in the longest is the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP). I have taught college courses for 16 years and absolutely enjoy preparing students to be successful in the workplace. Invest your time to customize your cover letter and your resume.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

It’s a given though, that as the years have gone by that they have obtained more experience, and been exposed to greater responsibilities, as they’ve developed internally. Be upfront in your cover letter. But I know that this is a generational thing that can be hard for the older generations to grasp.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Your resume & cover letter have done their jobs, and have piqued the employers interest - now your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to decide to offer you the job. Of course, youre going to take a different approach.

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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

At first blush, my pride flared up and my internal Vanessa started to craft a sassy retort to the gentleman about the awesomeness of my resume, yada yada. He asked me if I was open to hearing his recommendations on how to tighten the resume up so it would be more effective and attract more response.

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