Laughing all the Way to Work

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Preparing Your Resume

Laughing all the Way to Work

One of the things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. I hope this will help you to write your resume if you are looking for a job or if you just need to update your old resume. In resume writing it is suggested that any experience over 10 years is too old to put on your resume.

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Practice makes perfect

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Under our Services tab at www.boomerangvirtualassistants.com , you will see we offer to administrative assistants help with the interview and will look over your resume, if needed. At Boomerang Virtual Assistants we know the importance of preparing for the interview. Contact us and we'd be glad to help.

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Knowing when it's time to move on

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Check out the local job market, send your resume out to test the waters and look for something that gets your heart racing a bit. It is always nice to do something you are passionate about. But sometimes, it is just time to move on. If you do decide to go, do your homework first. It might seem scary at first because it is a new challenge.

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Successful Resumés

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One of the many things I remember, and have put to good use, was a workshop on resume writing. In resume writing they suggested that any experience over 10 years was too old to put on your resume. LANGUAGE: [Languages spoken] REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST For more information on resumes please click here.

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The job of looking for a job

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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for admin jobs and here are two of the main things I have noticed about those who are unsuccessful: resumes are out of date and not relevant to the job applied for and the person was not prepared for the interview. 3) Find someone to mentor you.

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Following Instructions and Job Hunting.

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This person was looking for an administrative assistant and asked for resumes to be faxed to her, but people e-mailed them instead. When using e-mail to send a resume (of course after checking the instructions), I have on occasion sent it from my work e-mail account, but it would be wiser to use your home account. 1 [link].

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On the Outside Looking In

Laughing all the Way to Work

A Job is Waiting to Happen to You Long gone are the days of scouring the newspaper want ads and pounding the pavement going from office to office submitting your resume. There are sites that are specifically for job hunters where you can submit your resume and a profile about yourself for any employer to see. First impressions count.

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