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Unmasking the Corporate Return-to-Work Fallacy: A Genuine Approach to Junior Staff Development

Allwork

Focus groups indicated that only those junior staff with pronounced social skills and initiative were mentored in the “forced return” scenario, leaving those lacking these skills — and arguably in most need of mentorship — neglected. However, due to time constraints, this should not be the only form of mentorship.

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Focusing on Providing Exceptional Service as an Administrative Professional

Office Dynamics

Stating facts about your performance is a form of professionalism and confidence. Whether you are or are not planning a job/company change tracking your projects, career education, extra duties, and tasks learned (or expanded) should be added to your resume/ career portfolio.

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5 Steps to Creating Your Digital Portfolio

All Things Admin

It’s an easy way to share your resume, work samples, credentials, and anything else that you want to showcase about your professional life. Plus, you can include a link to your professional portfolio website at the top of your resume, which is an instant attention-grabber! These five simple steps can help. Work Samples or Portfolio.

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Administrative/Clerical: Improve Your Admin Applications and Interviews

Office Dynamics

Whether you''re hoping to become a receptionist or head administrator, your chances of receiving a serious offer hinge on your resume and interview. This may require reworking your cover letter, rewriting your personal statement, and supplementing your resume. Fine-tune both by improving your writing and verbal skills.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

Allwork

And as I was trying to form a community around the book after its release, I, I had this intention of hosting the most romantic business conference ever. And so deep connections in whatever shade of form I think are really what makes a life worth living is what makes a life beautiful. 00:01:54:08 – 00:02:15:09. Tim Leberecht.

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What Are You Thankful For?

The Office Professionals Place

Believe me, it is the best form of release therapy! My advice is to grab a member and become a mentor or get mentored! Not only are you improving your skills and adding to your resume, you are making yourself more indispensable and an asset to your company or the next one. Or do you have a question, call a member!

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

They want you ready-formed with skills you can use day one. I've also interviewed people who are like deer frozen in the headlights, refusing to retrain in a dead-end profession or just sending out resumes to big job boards. Used to be you could "work your way up" in a company. No longer the case.

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