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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

The gentleman on the call introduced himself as a consultant with a well-known local staffing agency who had reviewed the resume I had uploaded to the organization's website. For those of you out there in Job Search Land who are waaay more savvy than I am, your resumes may already reflect these tips and more power to you.

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Answering Reader Mail

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I work at a travel and event planning agency. Believe it or not, while some EAs do hold tremendous power, because travel is a very expensive and uncomfortable aspect of business, many executives or companies are very specific on what is or isn't allowed and which airlines they will or won't fly. Any suggestions?

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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. The shortest route is to look for temp work thru agencies or TaskRabbit, Craiglist, or volunteer. Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer will silently wonder the following questions.

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