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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

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Some companies may even hire a candidate with exceptional people skills but little technical knowledge, figuring that learning technical aspects is easier than learning how to work effectively in a group. Identify the soft skill keywords in a job posting and include the relevant ones in your resume and cover letter.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Wright, Author So Youve Got the Job Interview - Now What? Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. And youve been following all the best career advice and job search tips youve read, heard, learned, and developed. This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview!

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

In addition to this however, you note the different managerial types they’ve encountered throughout these five roles, and how they’ve had to learn to adapt to different personality and operating types, often very quickly and without sufficient time to adapt. Be upfront in your cover letter.

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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.

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The Path to Chief of Staff Whitepaper

Admin Awards

The career path to a Chief of Staff sometimes isn’t as clear cut as one would like but we know Administrative professionals are interested in learning how to get there. Topics covered included: – How do the roles of Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant differ? ” LEARN MORE …. ” LEARN MORE ….

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The Full Interview - The Person Behind the Professional

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I was interviewed earlier this month and so I pasted it below. You 'll learn my most cringe worthy moment, tips, and a little about me as a person. When people would ask me in interviews, my first answer was, “No nepotism here!” I learned through informational interviews that I should apply to temp agencies.