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What Companies Can Learn from the Southwest Airlines Crisis

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Most travelers anticipate holiday air travel to be fraught with minor annoyances, winter weather and a greater volume of fliers—all likely to lead to a few hours’ delay or even some cancellations. Normal operations have since resumed. But don’t wait.”

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Start by learning about them via LinkedIn , Google, Facebook and even the customers’ own webpages; you’ll arm yourself with their photographs, knowledge of their businesses, circles, hobbies, favorite music and special interests. What if you searched out cool articles about clients’ hobbies and shared them? Do your homework.

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Yes, You Do Need to Start Applying for Internships This Early

On The Job

You may still be trying to recover from the holidays, but if you want a summer internship this year, you need to get busy -- right now. I know several college students who have stopped by a company and personally handed in their resumes or even cold called the internship coordinator. Here's what you need to do: 1. Do your homework.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views January 6, 2017

Eat Your Career

I wrote a few new articles for various outlets including U.S. Resume Tips for a Portfolio Career. Resume writing is an arduous task. During the holidays, I was honored to participate in the Office Dynamics 12 Days of Christmas webinar extravaganza event! From Yours Truly. READ IT HERE >> . In Case You Missed It….

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When working isn't fun: Ho hum, ho hum, it's off to work I go.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Polish up the ol resume It is all right to send your resume out and see what kind of response you get. In this new age of not doing anything more than a quick spell check on documents, make sure you do not have any spelling mistakes in your resume. Were you reading my last post? :) Great article. 23, 1 p.m. (New

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Make sure your resume is up to scratch: Your resume should list your skills, your experience in working as a virtual assistant, and any other capabilities that you think potential employers are looking for. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Excellent material! 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Writing when you don't know what you're talking about.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I wrote the article The Art of Minute Taking and I had only taken minutes a few times about 25 years ago. From writing that article I had confidence to take a job that required me taking minutes and it has turned out fine. I have written many articles on my blog on subjects that I knew nothing about. How did I do it?