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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

They don’t have an updated resume, a professional portfolio of work samples, or a social media presence. A polished resume that accurately represents you professionally is one of the most powerful tools in your toolkit. Most admins have a resume, but not many consider it a living document. Your resume always needs to be current.

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Tasty Tidbits: Professional Development News & Views January 6, 2017

Eat Your Career

If you missed them, take a peek here: 3 Reasons to Never Skip Salary Negotiation When Accepting a New Job. Resume Tips for a Portfolio Career. Resume writing is an arduous task. I wrote a few new articles for various outlets including U.S. News & World Repot and Ivy Exec’s Executive Perspective’s over the past week.

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6 Ways to Add Value to Your Organization & Advance Your Career

Eat Your Career

Your company pays you a salary and they expect a return. Strategically purchasing to take advantage of sales, rebates and discounts. Imagine a resume full of value-add accomplishments like this. The information you gather will be critically important in future performance reviews or when writing your next resume.

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Do You Have What it Takes to Work in a Non-Profit?

On The Job

Further, many non-profits can’t offer as much in salary, but other benefits may balance that out for many job seekers. Krasna points out that working for a non-profit organization shouldn’t be discounted just because salaries are sometimes lower. It’s something you should highlight in your resume and cover letter.”

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Do You Have What it Takes to Work in a Non-Profit?

On The Job

Further, many non-profits can’t offer as much in salary, but other benefits may balance that out for many job seekers. Krasna points out that working for a non-profit organization shouldn’t be discounted just because salaries are sometimes lower. It’s something you should highlight in your resume and cover letter.”

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. I just graduated last year at 28 and 6 months later my salary went up 32%. Written by James - 69 Comments Many freelancers have university degrees. Wish I knew.

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

That means that if I take a salaried job today, I might be earning $32,550 while the guy next to me earns $35,000. I imagine at the time she knew just what a difference it would have made in her workplace to have been able to leave that question of gender unanswered when we were still at the resume stage of the proceedings. Not nearly.

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