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What can we learn from watching the Crystal Ball?

Job Advice Blog

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection What can we learn from watching the Crystal Ball? Companies are hedging their bets by hiring temps instead a steady workforce.

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On the Outside Looking In

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was out of work, temping here and there for a year. Don’t underestimate the value of temping. Working for a temp agency can either land you a full-time job or help to keep you employed while you are looking. Taking on temp jobs will introduce you to potential employers where you can showcase your abilities.

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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. I didn't love kow-towing to the age haters, but I also need to work, and let's face it, I am nowhere near ready to retire!

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Despite this, I get the feeling that convincing employers of my suitability for an executive assistant job is not going to be an easy task - in a competitive job market, employers don't want to hear about skills as much as they want to hear about experience in the field. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? Thanks very much!”

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

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. Sure, some of them might have the same jobs, but you will soon find that sometimes a company will only work with one specific agency. Job hunting is a numbers and timing game.

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Day in the life: Catherine Thomas, EA, Public Health Wales

Practically Perfect PA

This quickly led into a change of career and I became a recruitment consultant working for high street agencies. A move to London happened around 1996 and my first role as a PA for the Director of Human Resources for a recruitment agency. A fabulous role which I loved.

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