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Ep 199: Sarah Howson on Recruiting Red Flags, Resumes, and Networking

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Sarah and I chat about her career journey, navigating life challenges while at work, red flags in the recruitment process, networking as an assistant, tips for updating your resume, and stepping out of your comfort zone. LEADERSHIP QUOTE. Maya Angelou.

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The job of looking for a job

Laughing all the Way to Work

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for admin jobs and here are two of the main things I have noticed about those who are unsuccessful: resumes are out of date and not relevant to the job applied for and the person was not prepared for the interview. 1) Do try the temp agencies. 3) Find someone to mentor you.

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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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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

Allwork

On the one hand, it gives us a great sense of freedom and agency. My my friend and mentor Priya Parker, who wrote this wonderful book, The Art of Gathering, always says if everybody is. 00:08:07:15 – 00:08:24:05. Tim Leberecht. So super flexible ways of collaborating. 00:08:24:05 – 00:08:44:12. What is it against what?

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Even More Questions Answered

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Even though I am an EA with over 15 years of experience at the C-level, it seems that all the recruiting agencies I have approached still require an applicant to come in for an appointment to take their basic employment testing, and then only seem to be able to offer lower-level administrative jobs.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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She mentors, trains, and coaches EA/AAs across the region. And then when I was at Morrison, Knutson, I had a placement agency call me in there, like, there’s probably after two years, I was there. While supporting J., She has a passion for the EA role and the value it brings to organizations.

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Answering Reader Mail: How Long is it Fair to be a Temp for a Job?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

After only 2 weeks, I found a great company through a staffing agency and the position was full time working for a wonderful CEO. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. I’m sure they have received a lot of resumes.

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