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Is Your Resume Hot? Or a HOT mess?

Melissa Peoples

moment for me, was to not only list, in no more than two or three carefully worded bullet points, the stand-out, non-recurring projects or special highlights under each role, but also how those items tied back to organizational growth. You did the things, but how did they help the organization? Very necessary advice and yet an 'A ha!'

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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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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. 3) Work with temping and recruiting agencies – all of them When you are looking for a job, contact every temp and recruiting agency in town.