On The Job

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I asked for more details and then sent in my resume." Within weeks, she was called in for an interview and then offered the job. "To It's very expensive to run ads, and there was only a small percentage of candidates who applied who had the relative experience," he says. "We There's a lot of non-work-related stuff on there."

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

I think most people within the industry and outside of it can be blinded by the glitz and the glamour of what we do at work each day. The industry isn't for the faint of heart and it takes a particular personality to survive it. The industry isn't for the faint of heart and it takes a particular personality to survive it.

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Who's the Real Boss?

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Are you hanging around in your own role because you feel you haven’t served a long enough period of time for it to be justifiable on your resume? We all have fear of having a resume that you could play hop scotch on. But let me flip this around for you and present another perspective. So which candidate would you choose?

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On The Job

MAY 7, 2009

But it got me to thinking that no matter how many "rules" I provide about networking and resumes and other stuff, there are always those tricky little things that can trip you up if no one tells you. You dont have to have an expensive satchel, but get one that is clean and streamlined. Read industry materials while waiting.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I did very well on my interviews and it's down to me and one other EA who already has a full time job. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. I recently found myself out of work and started my search.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 25, 2009

I was called in for an interview at an agency and it was the assistant that did all the vetting of the candidates. The executive basically yelled at me for showing up for the interview because he wasn't a CEO and he thought it was absurd that I would even show up for a non-CEO executive assistant position.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

I like many aspects of my job, but the most important thing for me is working for the right company, in the right industry and with the potential for growth, and my current position offers none of those things. Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer will silently wonder the following questions.

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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. A communications degree got me an interview but after a few years, no one bothered to ask me about my communications degree. With that said, you only get out what you put in.

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