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So You Want to Take a Break from Your Career—Here’s What You Need to Consider

Success

In the absence of travel, daily commutes and the culture of busyness, many employees were finally able to fully engage in self-reflection to determine if their job, company and path truly aligned with their overall interests. But real life, with its monthly bills and gaps in resumes, requires more careful thought. Upskill… then update.

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How to Showcase Work Samples in Your Professional Portfolio: Travel Planning Example

All Things Admin

Your portfolio should include your resume, letters of recommendation, awards and recognitions, past performance reviews, and certifications. Travel planning skills can be challenging to showcase in your professional portfolio, but they are something many employers and executives are looking for in an admin. Here is an example: [link].

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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

How better to share the conference experience than a conversation with the creator herself – The professional, personable, and mentor to many, Joan Burge! A: Believe it or not, most of my mentoring came from executives; not peers. I do remember one time when an executive assistant mentored me.

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

She mentors, trains, and coaches EA/AAs across the region. And they’re like, Hey, we’ve got this role that came up at the Boston Consulting Group, we found your resume that fell behind a filing cabinet as filing cabinets back then. So I When interviewed, I don’t. While supporting J., I love where I’m at.

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Getting your foot in the door.

Laughing all the Way to Work

If a more experienced assistant comes alongside you and provides mentoring - dont refuse it. She said it wouldnt look good on my resume if I was seen as a job hopper. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. If you have chosen this path, give it all youve got and really get your hands dirty so to speak.

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How to Work for A Difficult Boss

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Came across your blog while doing some research for a position I'm interviewing with on Monday. As I mentioned, I'm interviewing for a very high profile position next week for a Chairman of a major international company. And congrats on landing the interview! My background is in management, but a girl has to pay the bills.

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Resenting Your Boss & How to Overcome It

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I also knew everything I was feeling was very true for me, but also confusing because if my boss didn’t need me, I wouldn’t have a job, I wouldn’t get a paycheck, and I wouldn’t have all this experience to put on my resume. I mentored other younger assistants. I also had to listen in interviews really well.

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