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12 Ways to Make a Great First Impression in a Job Interview

On The Job

If you can manage it, get a haircut two weeks before an interview, which gives you the best chance of looking well-groomed. Try to avoid smoking before an interview, since it''s likely an interviewer will smell it on you. Keep jewelry to a minimum, and cover tattoos unless you''re interviewing at a tattoo parlor.

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The Seven Stupid Mistakes People Make on a Telephone Interview

On The Job

This is Mr. Smith from Acme, calling for our telephone interview?" "Oh, Jones, perhaps this isn't the best time for an interview. Welcome to the world of telephone interviewing. And one thing I know for sure: Giving a good telephone interview takes work. Lock yourself away in a quiet space to do a phone interview.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Interview with Doria Camaraza.

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Click “read more&# to read the interview. We’re not looking only at our competitors in the credit card industry. We really look as being among the leading service provider in any industry and aspire to be the world’s most respected service brand. This is the final part of the interview with Doria.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

They brought him on as the CEO of Industrials and then there is another new CEO at the headquarters who is in charge of Services. I think along with this question I would also like to know if you have etiquette tips about emailing with the other EA’s on the client side of things. My CEO is new.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Building customer relationships.

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The company has been hiring representatives from the hospitality and sales industries finding their experience with customers to be a vital asset when dealing with customers who need empathy and the kind of understanding not taught in any training manuals.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer appreciation.

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Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer appreciation demonstrated by thank you notes Cheryl May 19, 2010 Customer Service , Etiquette 1 Comment This morning was the closing of one of my real estate properties that had been listed for nearly a year before it finally sold.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer complaints to be.

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“ Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections&# describes the new rules and is designed to bring some consumer satisfaction from an industry that has consistently ignored the very basics of customer service. So the question that should be answered by the airline industry is “we know our technology, but do we know our customers?&#