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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

Success

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

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

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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Coaches; 6 Types & 10 Ways They Can Use Online Technology?

Tips From T. Marie

Career Coach: A Career Coach assists their clients in identifying personal goals, developing leadership skills and planning career moves. This may include helping clients find new employment opportunities, giving feedback on resumes/ cover letters and establishing strategies for successful job interviews.

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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. This morning the phone rang - youve got an interview! Obviously you really want the job, and to get this job, youve got to really shine in the interview. Lets grow together!

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

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. And remembering, that the first one to two pages must encapsulate the most important things.

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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. When people would ask me in interviews, my first answer was, “No nepotism here!” 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.

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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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