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

All Things Admin

Performance reviews aren’t going anywhere, so you need to learn how to use them to your advantage. Cover letters. Letters of recommendation. And this is a copy of a template I designed for travel planning. They give you a chance to share your successes of the past year that he or she may have overlooked.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

In addition to this however, you note the different managerial types they’ve encountered throughout these five roles, and how they’ve had to learn to adapt to different personality and operating types, often very quickly and without sufficient time to adapt. Be upfront in your cover letter.

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Atlanta, Georgia: The City that Smiles

Laughing all the Way to Work

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. I am now leaving Atlanta to travel to Birmingham and the impression I am left with is I have never been in a city that smiles so much. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from.

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Answering Reader Mail: What Do Employers Look for in High-Level EA Candidates?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

1) I’ve always found it extremely helpful to be and communicate that you are experienced, but willing to learn, be humble, and fine with doing the mundane tasks or dirty work. 5) Learn to never say no. I also always bring many copies of my resume, cover letter, and recommendations. So how does this translate to you?

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Whenever I meet people for coffee or a meal, I am always interested to learn about them as a person and their work. I love doing informationals because I like learning about what people do, even if I am not in that industry, and perhaps get an office tour down the line, and make a new friend if they introduce me to someone else.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. Will you be humble enough to take direction and do minor tasks like get coffee, scheduling, and travel? Learn to answer why being an EA appeals to you more than any other job. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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Insights From A Recruiting Perspective

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If your resume and cover letter are riddled we typos we question your attention to detail. We might offer to fly you in so we have to get approval from our executives and work with our travel agent. 2) The little details really do matter. If you're late, we raise our eyebrow.