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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Technical proficiency: An executive assistant should be very comfortable using Microsoft Office suite, Google Workspace, and other business software as they need to produce documents, manage emails, and handle other technical tasks quickly and accurately.

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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. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Guest Blogger: David B.

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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. But that’s not all. A great example? Last year we built a company from scratch that now employees a globally dispersed team of coaches and is waging a war on procrastination.

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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

Admin Awards

. “After one particularly nightmarish project that I was left to do on my own, I stumbled across the Chief of Staff role and what it required. I put the five questions in the article into an email to my executive and asked, ‘Can you answer yes or no to these?’: ’: 1: Are you implementing a new strategic plan?

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Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

This is why you should give free samples or a great discount and keep in touch with clients at least once a year via a personal email. Then I call and email every vendor. 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

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. Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match.