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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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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

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This month, the graduating class of 2023 will bid farewell to a rather extraordinary college experience — having endured an unforeseen worldwide pandemic, an unexpected switch to remote learning, skyrocketing inflation and housing costs, not to mention cascades of tech sector layoffs. It may also lead to a full-time job offer.

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Some Gen Zers Are Including Their Social Media on Resumes—Should You?

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So, while you don’t have to change who you are, be mindful throughout your job hunt that future employers might be learning more about you through your public accounts, and understand the potential ramifications the posts on those accounts can have on your career. So why not capitalize on that tendency, as opposed to the 7.4

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Stand Out at Your Next Performance Review With a Professional Portfolio!

All Things Admin

Performance reviews aren’t going anywhere, so you need to learn how to use them to your advantage. Cover letters. Letters of recommendation. Photos or graphics to represent events, projects, organizing systems, etc. They give you a chance to share your successes of the past year that he or she may have overlooked.

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4 Ways to Leverage Your Comprehensive Professional Portfolio Strategy

All Things Admin

Julie applies her administrative expertise and passion for lifelong learning to serving as an enthusiastic mentor, speaker and author who educates admins around the world on how to be more effective every day. 3 Types of Professional Portfolios There are three types of professional portfolios: print, social, and digital.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file. I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. Within 48 hours 1/2 of the project was complete. Candidates were from around the world.

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What does it take to be a successful HR Assistant?

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An HR assistant must be well organised and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and projects at the same time. Related: 8 lessons you can learn from business leaders What are the characteristics of a good HR Assistant? A great HR assistant needs excellent people and communication skills. What does an HR Assistant's career path entail?

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