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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

Success

For example, if you helped HR create a training program for new hires, you might say: Helped the HR team create and implement new hire training video courses using clear explanations of company policies and expectations, resulting in a 10% decrease in policy violations over 12 months.

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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Cover letter. Job offer letter. With help from legal, IT, and other departments, they create a written-out document retention policy. This policy clarifies what needs to be saved, where, and for how long. If so, then the document should be included in the employee’s general personnel file.”. Training records.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

How to Handle the Hiring Process Screening and Shortlisting Candidates Begin by reviewing resumes and cover letters for evidence of the necessary skills and experience. Look for answers indicating a balance between personal integrity and company policies.

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

BMT Office Administration

For instance, if your employment records contain all the disciplinary actions and policy violations committed by the offending employee, you’ll have a better chance of defending your decision to terminate an employee in court. While it’s clear that you need to keep a separate file for each employee, which documents should you include in it?

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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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21 Tips for Job Hunting - A Comprehensive Strategy

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Send your cover letter and resume to a specific person, their general email address, or fill out their online form/application. And since I was there, I dropped off my resume and cover letter. 8) Be responsive I have a personal policy to respond to all emails within 24 hours if not if within 7 hours at most.

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Fear of Success | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I graduated and moved to New York, where I landed my first job on the strength of one cover letter. Just a cover letter. It’s in our comment policies. No connections, no nepotism. My copywriting success comes from a lot of failing and trying and failing again. I am single. No one supports me.

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