Remove Cover Letter Remove Gifts Remove Google Remove Skills
article thumbnail

21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Send your cover letter and resume to a specific person, their general email address, or fill out their online form/application. Google for all the agencies in town, look on Yelp, or look on LinkedIn. And since I was there, I dropped off my resume and cover letter. The timing of the gift is also crucial.

article thumbnail

Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Unlike catering or gifts where the EA has a lot of decision-making power, travel is usually dictated by the powers that be. 9 times out of 10, whenever I need to take care of task, the first thing I do is Google it, look for it on Yelp, or look on LinkedIn. 1) Focus your resume on your skills/talents vs the job title/chronology.

Temping 40
article thumbnail

The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. Yes, ZERO. If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume.