Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Then, I did what I always did: I picked up the phone and started asking experts on how job seekers could succeed in this tough market. It not only drives down recruitment costs for employers because they are sharing resources, but candidates have access to more opportunities through a job search program known as UnitedWeWork.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Youve posted your resume on all the top job boards plus the various industry-focused and niche job sites related to your type of work. This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! Youve been networking your little tail off.

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On The Job

MARCH 9, 2009

While career coaches are advising employees to use any furlough time to network and spiff up their resumes and interviewing skills, I began wondering what workers really were planning to do on their days off. Sure, it’s going to cost us, but it also has made me really look at what we need, and what we just think we need,” Harris says.

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Recruit CRM

OCTOBER 11, 2021

If you're sending out emails to candidates, find out their past work experiences, skills, career goals, education details, achievements and more. To speed up the process, please provide me with a phone number or schedule a call here [insert Calendly link] whenever you're free this week. So how about it? When works best for you?

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Pay attention or it could cost your company money. It was going to cost our company $5,000 plus in cancellation fees. There is value in getting to know people, even if it is just over email or the phone. One time we had to cancel at the last minute, but we were a few days past the cancellation date. 5, 2010 at 12 p.m.

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Time Zones IAAP Negotiating International 100

Men With Pens

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Tons of professional writers offer consultations (in person, online, or by phone), e-courses, lectures, tutoring, coaching, conference presentations, and workshops in places as diverse as their own living rooms and large auditoriums. Once you’ve delivered a few successful lessons, add your teaching credentials to your resume and About page.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

I am planning a local fundraiser to help the family with the costs on November 15th, but of course it will be in Ottawa, Canada and I know most of you are elsewhere. Join us at the luxurious Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast for an amazing end of year get away and your chance to network, learn and advance your skills in style!

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Time Zones IAAP Meeting Minutes International 100

On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills. Hochwarter over the phone. I kind of doubt it.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 27, 2013

But I have a boyfriend and a personal life and I don't want to be in an uncomfortable situation. :( It is really stressing me out, I feel as though I need to master the skill of utilizing this sort of "power" over men to my benefit! Unless you are loaded, it will cost you a lot of time and money to see if you even have a case.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 22, 2013

How good are they with logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and judgment skills? Will this happen again in the future and be a bigger issue with PR, image, and VIPs that will result in massive costs for damage control? Regardless, get a letter in writing on letterhead and their contact info for phone references from whomever.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 13, 2016

My company has now recently started 'cost savings initiatives'. link] You mention your company is doing a cost savings initiative and you know you are paid more than the other EAs there. State that on your resume, in your cover letter, over the phone, and don’t tell anyone at work. I wrote about this in an earlier post.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. Any recruiter who sees your resume will silently wonder the following questions. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? 2) How manageable are you?

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Ever wondered why recruiters do not even see 70% of the resumes ? If you think the resume is going to be carefully analysed by a recruiter in the first go, then you're wrong. If you think the resume is going to be carefully analysed by a recruiter in the first go, then you're wrong. The resume gets first processed by an ATS.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

The more money it costs the more stable you look. Do You Have a Phone? What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Sad, really.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

The last time I needed the phone number, I looked online. If you’re not online, people won’t be able to find you – period. , but I’ll have to tell you we’ve been hemming and hawing about advertising in the yellow pages and we’re finding our community actually does still use the phone book. (I

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On The Job

JULY 10, 2009

Have a system in place to acknowledge that youve received a resume and/or cover letter when they come flooding in. It may cost you some time in the beginning, but it will save you in the long run when job seekers tie up your phone lines or e-mail asking, "Did you get my resume?" Besides, its just common courtesy.

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