Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 18, 2013

Following on from Monday’s blog here are another five interview question and answers specifically for assistants. A lot of assistants work with just their manager so it is important to stress that you consider this to be a partnership and in effect you are working together as a team. How do you work within a team?

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Practically Perfect PA

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Which secretary skills are worth keeping? Stress free annual leave. How to negotiate a job title change. Interview questions and answers for assistants part 5. How to remember those random requests. Conscious uncoupling… from your job. Who discovered Elvis? What to do when your boss has been sacked. Mid year reviews.

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Job Advice Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection While in Transition, Are You Keeping Pace with Technology?

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Job Advice Blog

JULY 13, 2010

Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection So, How about a Career Coach? Landing Expert is a premier career-coaching service with the objective of preparing job seekers for interviews.

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Energage

APRIL 12, 2016

Use the interview process to determine whether or not people are a strong fit for your organization. Identify the values that are the most important to your organization and ensure they are non-negotiable hiring requirements. . We want to learn continually to improve our skills and improve business. Set expectations.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 29, 2010

One of the best ways to get a raise is to try to ask for more responsibility and increase your skills and talents much like you did. You also have more negotiating leverage for a better salary and projects. I can not stress volunteering enough to spruce up your resume for when are you ready to leave your current company.

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Job Advice Blog

MAY 15, 2010

It’s a competition for sure, and only, say, five résumés might be considered for invitations to face-to-face interviews. That depends: if you have good writing skills, you can draft a résumé and then have some people whose proficiency and judgment you trust review and edit it for you until it becomes excellent.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Impostor Syndrome reflects a belief that you are inadequate and, or incompetent despite evidence that you are skilled and successful. A 2014 study on Impostor Syndrome shows that those people with it tend to undervalue their skills or fail to recognize how other opportunities might place more substantial importance on their abilities.

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Job Advice Blog

APRIL 24, 2010

This is probably the single most important document you’ll be evaluated by, and it will determine whether the hiring folks want to invite you to an interview or not. Probably only three to five candidates will be called in for face-to-face interviews. Remember that the first impression is a lasting impression.

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Everything flowed nicely without my having to stress out or decide what to miss. A big plus at the Office Dynamics Annual Conference was the pacing of the events: there were abundant segments and speakers to experience but I never felt rushed or harried. What are the top five traits or attributes that “Star” assistants possess?

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Office Dynamics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Everything flowed nicely without my having to stress out or decide what to miss. A big plus at the Office Dynamics Annual Conference was the pacing of the events: there were abundant segments and speakers to experience but I never felt rushed or harried. What are the top five traits or attributes that “Star” assistants possess?

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Success

JULY 12, 2021

Editor’s Note: The SUCCESS Interview is a new feature testing the foundational principles of this 124-year-old personal and professional development magazine against modern realities. To view the interview in its entirety, join our social network, Achievers, at Achievers.SUCCESS.com or download the app SUCCESS Achievers Community.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

In The Alter Ego Effect , author Todd Herman suggests that we add another element: creating an alter ego to boost our confidence and skills. Hyatt’s approach is to develop a research-based process for determining how to set your individual goals and take the steps needed to achieve them despite feeling overwhelmed by daily stress.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 16, 2010

Maybe you think you’re a brilliant negotiator, but that may be just an inconsistent cloud in your ego. Interview With Yourself But the most useful tools of all in the stage of assessment is the interview with yourself. The conclusions you’ll draw from this interview won’t be appealing, that I can tell you. Of course I do.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

While I do feel like I may not have enough experience for this particular role I am interviewing for, they are seeking specific skills that I do possess. Translation: Soft skills trump hard skills any day. Some hard skills have a a learning curve that is understandable if the software is proprietary, etc.

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