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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

As admins, we’re always trying to organize all the pieces and parts of our professional lives – from workspaces to meetings to travel plans. Cover letter. Your cover letter is often the first touch point you have with a potential employer, so you need to make the right impression. Forms and Checklists.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Send your cover letter and resume to a specific person, their general email address, or fill out their online form/application. And since I was there, I dropped off my resume and cover letter. They all have different clients and cater to different parts of the city or industries. Did the receptionist throw it away?

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Insights From A Recruiting Perspective

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

If your resume and cover letter are riddled we typos we question your attention to detail. We might offer to fly you in so we have to get approval from our executives and work with our travel agent. 2) The little details really do matter. If you're late, we raise our eyebrow. If we call you and ask you to call us back, do that.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: Being a Hiring Manager Doesn't Give.

On The Job

Have a system in place to acknowledge that youve received a resume and/or cover letter when they come flooding in. This can be nothing more than a form e-mail saying "got it." I went to NYC for a job interview - traveled 4 hours from DC and the hiring manager made me wait half an hour, didn't even offer me a water or coffee.