Job Advice Blog

MAY 31, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection I have all the qualifications, so why am I not being hired? While reviewing resumes he is asking himself three questions: Why should he interview you?

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Job Advice Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection Want to Change Career? What Does It Take?

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Job Advice Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

This exercise will allow you to learn more about yourself and promote increased self awareness. Myers Briggs, DISC) to help you uncover and understand more about what your strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes are. Research the industry. How do you even know what you think you are interested in is a real interest?

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Worxbee

MARCH 22, 2021

The ability to work virtually isn’t a given — it requires a different skill set than what many have been accustomed to. Some employees rose to the occasion, and in some cases, companies are still trying to find the right combination of skills to make remote work successful. Remote systems and processes might look a lot different.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

I would like to get better assignments, promoted, or get a raise before a few more years go by. One of the best ways to get a raise is to try to ask for more responsibility and increase your skills and talents much like you did. We discussed it at length and I “have” my boss’ support. Happy job hunting and keep me posted!

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Eat Your Career

JULY 21, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Why go through the hassle of building a resume? Get out into the world and use your skills.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 9, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Manage Your Stress Change of any kind is stressful. A two week notice is a small price to pay.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Some have lost jobs, didn’t get promotions or pay raises, or lost funding due to employer budget cuts. Do you need someone to talk to during the day when you are stressed? I am thankful for the new skills I have received and the old skills I have improved. Or do you have a question, call a member!

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Success

AUGUST 17, 2022

Instead, take time to think through your set of skills and what you enjoy doing in your free time. For many, though, having a side gig bolsters their resume rather than detracting from it. For example, if you work in technology and build an app on the side, those skill increases will often translate into your main job.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

This could include sympathy cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, congratulations on a promotion, a card to reconnect with a client you havent heard from in awhile, or many other reasons. I sent another assistant a comical card about being stressed out at work. She loved it! 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. The amount of skill, pressure, stress, and problem solving differs at each of those levels. How can you make yourself easily found?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

But someone had talked, came to our school and talked about executive secretarial school, and it was a trade school and it’s like, well, maybe I’ll, you know, those skills would be great going into college. Based on their skill set and their level? And so I could do that first and then go into college. So I did that.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

Again, I want to learn how to cope with it for my career (this is a major position for a resume) because I know it's him and not me. If you can learn to work with them, you have skills that 99.9% They have no/poor communication skills, they lack intra and interpersonal awareness. And congrats on landing the interview!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 26, 2014

It says a lot when your boss wants to grow you within the company and promote you. I hated the mental stress and burden of putting everyone else first and getting only the usual thank you’s and words of appreciation. I also thought long and hard about why I was so unhappy and stressed at my job and why I had growing resentment.

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 19, 2010

But you can also use your sidebars to promote events, products or services you own or you are part of. While this may be true, until they don’t make their skills obvious, nobody will even know what they do. A blog is an amazing sales vehicle for anyone with a marketable skill. Usually, sidebars are very good for incentives.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Those who help the company become more innovative or strategic will make themselves key players – and those are the people a company is more likely to retain and promote. Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Update (or build) your resume. Get more training.

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On The Job

APRIL 27, 2010

Is it time to ask for a pay raise or promotion? A lot of companies (during the recession) would get 3,000 resumes for one job, so they would look for someone who had exactly the right buzz words on their resume. One other piece of advice: Update your resume. What toll has workplace stress taken on your life?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. Any recruiter who sees your resume will silently wonder the following questions. Yes, ZERO.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

It also looks bad on one’s resume. Reduce the stress and annoying things in your life to maximize your happiness. I can only assume you get one, and there is a section about goals, improvements, things you want to learn/change, or some sort of feedback about maybe even getting promoted out. 3) Have a strategy.

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