On The Job

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Employers have to weed through hundreds of resumes for even the most basic jobs, so they immediately discard ones where the skills don’t match their requirements. Haynes says the way you get opportunities is often by selling your skills to a company leader face-to-face. Don’t be desperate. Don’t be ashamed. Do follow up.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 26, 2010

  But with economy picking back up this industry should resume its pre-recession growth path. Good to see that people are still spending money on one of their greatest aasets though - their skills, education and knowledge. Recession or No-Recession - education and skill enhancement always need to be a top priority.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Rather youre trying to get a job, starting a new career, in mid-career, or thinking about retiring, you can never write the ending to your story. Even those nearing retirement are sometimes on auto-pilot in the later days of their career, believing theres nothing new for them to learn, no new paths waiting to be explored.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

Despite this, I get the feeling that convincing employers of my suitability for an executive assistant job is not going to be an easy task - in a competitive job market, employers don't want to hear about skills as much as they want to hear about experience in the field. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA? Thanks very much!”

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). I actively grow my LinkedIn network every week, if not every day. She gave me her business card.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. Like the rest of job hunters, Generation Y has found jobs can be tough to come by, even with their skills. But do they (GenY) have less of an attitude?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 11, 2014

It also looks bad on one’s resume. Case in point, I worked for a short time at a social networking website.) When you leave your job, other companies will only consider you for jobs of equal or higher pay and skills. And I had to debate with myself if it was worth staying in a job that was pretty great, but not amazing.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

But the way we process them can be skilled or not. For clients of Jo Davis , the work is “[finding] meaning, a career change, retirement or planning for it.”. That’s part of the resume, but those descriptions fall short. Then after some reflection I realized that all my natural skills were perfect for coaching.”.

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