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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Listing your previous job responsibilities, technical skills and education is relatively straightforward. However, communicating intangible soft skills on your resume, like attention to detail, work ethic and people skills, can be more difficult. What are soft skills?

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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

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Executive Assistant Job Requirements Essential Skills and Qualifications Communication skills: The importance of concise and effective communication in writing and speaking for an EA cannot be overstated. Implement skill assessments to objectively measure candidates’ abilities.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Your resume & cover letter have done their jobs, and have piqued the employers interest - now your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to decide to offer you the job. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Guest Blogger: David B.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

So ensure all the irrelevant information is kept to the last page/s (i.e your hobbies, schooling, technical skills etc). Be upfront in your cover letter. Now I’ve said it a hundred times before in my blogs, that the cover letter is the opportunity to sell yourself.

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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

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And, Pearson adds, an EA typically compiles only the information their executive asks for, whereas a Chief of Staff “focuses on the information they know their boss needs — even if the boss doesn’t know it yet.” But a Chief of Staff will focus on the months, quarters, and years ahead. ” LEARN MORE …. LEARN MORE ….

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles. Thanks very much!”

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

But in reality – the most useful skill that opened a lot of doors for me were my soft skills. I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road.