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The September Surge Is Here: How Job Seekers Can Prepare to Land the Role

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You’ve optimized your resume. Have your resume ready to go. How to prepare for the September Surge to land that job You think your resume is ready? Jones says make sure your best accomplishments are front and center—at the top of the resume. You’ve jazzed up your LinkedIn profile. Here’s how experts recommend preparing.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They have stellar resumes. Present them with situations to see how they think through problems. If you need a marketer ASAP, you can sort by project or title on freelance marketplaces. The pros of expert freelancers They can start promptly. They can hit the ground running. They’re agile hires. They’re a flexible expense.

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Where's the remote thingy for the PowerPoint?

Laughing all the Way to Work

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" It's called a Presentation Remote. Thanks Patty.

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We live in an Acronym Happy World.

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And who bothers writing out the words e-mail, TV, ASAP or FYI when everyone will know what you mean anyway? Does anyone even know what CNN stands for? It has become such a common initialism that it is recognized immediately and everyone knows what it is.

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I look like that!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

I was in a workshop today on presentation skills and one of the things they had us do was present something to the group while they filmed us. Other than the extra work I need to do at the gym to tone up and trim down, I saw some good qualities as well and it was helpful to see myself present. Thanks Anonymous for sharing.

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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. Job satisfaction is important. They are interested, now what?

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Guest Post: What Makes Virtual Administrative Assistants Work?

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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. Alternatively, you can list yourself with other online placement sites as well.