Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 14, 2012

I have been involved in conducting a few interviews for admin jobs and here are two of the main things I have noticed about those who are unsuccessful: resumes are out of date and not relevant to the job applied for and the person was not prepared for the interview. 1) Do try the temp agencies. Here is what I recommend.

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Temping Mentoring Resume Interviewing 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2010

The approach to resume writing and interviewing has changed. Practice interviewing; communicating what you bring to the table that the 20+ applicants won't. Practice interviewing; communicating what you bring to the table that the 20+ applicants won't. You have 1 opportunity to get a 2nd or 3rd interview.

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Resume Temping Interviewing 2009 100

Office Dynamics

JANUARY 21, 2010

The approach to resume writing and interviewing has changed. Practice interviewing; communicating what you bring to the table that the 20+ applicants won't. Practice interviewing; communicating what you bring to the table that the 20+ applicants won't. You have 1 opportunity to get a 2nd or 3rd interview.

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Resume Temping Interviewing 2009 100

Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 26, 2008

I was out of work, temping here and there for a year. Be aware when going online that more and more employers are searching the Internet with the names of potential employees to see if they are online, not only on interactive job sites, but also what we may be saying on other social networking sites such as blogs and Facebook or MySpace.

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Temping Resume Networking Medical 100

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 21, 2012

Temp, volunteer, apply for PT work and list that as your present role. So, it's best to search for temporary, short-term admin work via temping, volunteering, applying for part time work so you have something to put on your resume. Call your old contacts, do informational interviews, network twice removed.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

2) Ask to meet for fun and to conduct informational interviews When you send out an email as mentioned above, those who are happy to hear from you and want to help you will respond. You can hang out with your friend and informally conduct an informational interview. Those who are too busy will probably just read it and delete.

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