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Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

Success

Now, he was out of a job. Having spent his entire adult life in corporate positions, he knew he could go job hunting. The nation’s 73 million baby boomers (according to data estimates from the 2020 census ) are just starting to reach retirement age, yet they’re realizing that they can’t afford to retire.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I had always meant to do a post on job searching and so I figured, why not now? AKA – Kiyomi’s 21-Step Job Hunt Strategy 1) Contact everyone you know in a personalized, positive, fun email When I first graduated college and whenever I am seeking new opportunities, I will literally email everyone I know.

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4 Ways to Leverage Your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy

All Things Admin

Because she had the foresight to put together a portfolio that included her transcript, a letter of recommendation, and a few mock newspaper articles she’d written. Your portfolio will be instrumental during every step of your career and even into retirement. Obviously, that’s false! Start creating yours today!

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8 tips to help you find your way in this tough job market

On The Job

For example, if you know the person went to a certain school and had a favorite professor, find information on the professor’s latest accomplishments, or an article written by the person. million people who are 65 and older are going to go ahead and retire. That’s a lot of jobs opening up.” What are some other job search tips?

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

I thought this article was really well written. Didn't have any of the usual bias of Gen Y that these articles usually do. Though the job market now is bad, it's been bad for years now. This article is good, and I have mixed feelings about this topic. Articles of this genre make me slightly nauseous.

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Answering Reader Mail: The Other Assistant Isn't As Qualified - Should I Express My Interest?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

4) The previous assistant does not want to lose any important benefits/tenure/seniority at the previous company whether they be retirement savings, vacation accrual rate, or misc perks they would lose. Don’t automatically assume because the package looks good or the job sounds great on paper you will like it. Who knows?!

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