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The September Surge Is Here: How Job Seekers Can Prepare to Land the Role

Success

You’ve optimized your resume. Have your resume ready to go. How to prepare for the September Surge to land that job You think your resume is ready? Pay attention to the top Just as you skim and scan news stories, briefs and other documents, so do employers. You’ve jazzed up your LinkedIn profile. Give it one more look.

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Resume Proofreading Tips

Job Advice Blog

Oftentimes, you review the document so many times it starts to blur and you can miss something glaring. The following is some guidelines to make sure you are delivering a error free document: - Use a dictionary / thesaurus when you write. All punctuation should be consistent throughout the document. CONSISTENCY IS KING.

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

What I’ve found over time is a lot of people don’t take the time to properly organize the documents and materials that support their career growth and development. They don’t have an updated resume, a professional portfolio of work samples, or a social media presence. Your resume always needs to be current. Forms and Checklists.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring an Executive Assistant

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Traditionally, executive assistants were seen as secretarial staff, making copies and answering phone calls. 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. What is the Role of an Executive Assistant?

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How to Leverage Hybrid Recruiting Strategies for Greater Success?

Recruit CRM

Here are five methods you could use for remote candidate screening: Resume/CV analysis: This is one of the oldest methods. Traditionally, an average resume would only get around six seconds of attention before being discarded. Video interviews are more effective than phone screens. More applicants can be screened.

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

BMT Office Administration

While it’s clear that you need to keep a separate file for each employee, which documents should you include in it? After all, there are some documents that you’ll need to keep confidential , and there are some that you don’t even need to include in your personnel files.

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