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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

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. You should have two versions of your cover letter – a formal one that can be printed and an electronic version for online submission systems. Professional Portfolio.

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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Hello New & Returning Readers, TheLadders.com is currently doing a project where they are looking for people to provide tips to new college grads about to enter the working world. However, here are my 21 tips on entering the workforce, whether for the very first time or not. It must be my journalist background and curious nature.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

These types of files include: Cover letters Resumes Employment applications References Interview notes Remember not to include any pre-hire documents that must be kept confidential, such as an employee’s I-9 form. Also, you’re legally obligated to retain these records for at least one year by the EEOC.

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How to Find a Job Using Social Media

On The Job

I heard about the job when they promoted it on Twitter," she says. "I Within weeks, she was called in for an interview and then offered the job. "To I'm not wading through a bunch of cover letters where someone is describing how they're a 'people person' and ways they can transform our organization. Or you hate your job.

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Ready to Quit Your Job? Read This First

Eat Your Career

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! No position is perfect, no matter what they tell you during the interview. I totally regret it now.

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Want to Work at a Startup? Read This First

Success

So to see if you’re cut out for the job, check out these tips and tidbits: 1. Quick responses to messages and being early to interviews are at least as important as years of experience and strong interview skills. How you do one thing is how you do everything. Mark Krassner, Knee Walker Central.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. Be honest you understand the paycut and why it doesn't bother you at the appropriate time in the interview process. Many pay their dues by working 24/7 the first couple of years before they get more experience or promoted.

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