Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2019

I was taking fun classes and learning new hobbies at night once or twice a week. This admin person was at least twice my age, maybe more, and a few years away from retiring. I really wanted it because it was during an economic bust when millions were out of work and I’d learn a lot of new stuff so it’d improve my resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I will answer your questions by addressing your entire email and I will answer from two perspectives - 1) I used to and still sometimes work in a recruiting capacity and 2) as a job applicant and EA. What did they learn? This is why people get ENGAGED, for two years or more, to learn if it’s worth a long term commitment.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 13, 2016

It’s not unheard of that while a CEO is about to retire they start looking about 2-5 years prior to their exit. You really enjoyed working there, but you look forward to learning new things and new adventures, etc. State that on your resume, in your cover letter, over the phone, and don’t tell anyone at work. Should you stay?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 9, 2016

My resume was not even looked at. I wasn’t asked what or how much of the company I knew, but it did come up in conversation somehow and I was able to rattle off everything I learned (that I had done through extensive research). The only thing I could think to do after a few moments of waiting was to offer my resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

If I had more work to do and would be learning along the way, I would stay. For any new readers, I will answer your entire email line by line and explain general information which may or may not apply to you, and give you some things to ponder. It also looks bad on one’s resume. At work it’s mostly helping people vs learning.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

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. You put hours of effort and study into learning a certain subject inside and out. You’ve probably forgotten half of what you learned, too. I wanted to learn why.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

Clients of professional certified coach Victor McGuire are working on “anything from learning how to be better leaders and communicate more effectively to dealing with common confidence issues such as imposter syndrome.” For clients of Jo Davis , the work is “[finding] meaning, a career change, retirement or planning for it.”.

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