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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

Job Advice Blog

Your clear understanding of industry and opportunity will put you on a path to realize your goal of making an effective transition. This is because these documents are the first thing people see about you. You want to project a positive personal brand. It is up to you to make sure that your strategy and resulting plan is well thought out.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

The goal is to get INFORMATION and ADVICE which almost anyone can provide, not ask for an interview, a favor, or a job. 3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town. And since I was there, I dropped off my resume and cover letter.

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Best Recruiting Email Templates: A Complete List for Use by Recruiters in 2022

Recruit CRM

To keep attracting the best candidates and clients for your recruitment agency, you need to have a good hang of writing exceptional recruiting emails. Hi [Candidate_first_name], I am [Your_name] and I work as an agency recruiter at [Your_company_name]. This is [Your_name] working as an agency recruiter with [Your_company_name].

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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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Answering Reader Mail: Finding Temp Agencies in Los Angeles

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I found every single one of my jobs through a temping agency or by referral. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?