Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 10, 2017

Have more than one phone number and email address - Besides your personal cell number from your iPhone, get another free number just for job hunting or work. Google voice, Sideline, and other companies offer local phone numbers for free. They wanted to promote someone to a sales role eventually which I had no interest in.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2010

In reviewing the resume, I saw the gap in employment, yet I wanted the candidate to get the job, so I didn’t ask about it.”. “I His company phone bill was way outta whack. I need these men to get my job done and the ever-deserving promotion I want!”. How much was being used for his side job with real estate?”.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 26, 2010

In reviewing the resume, I saw the gap in employment, yet I wanted the candidate to get the job, so I didn’t ask about it.”. “I His company phone bill was way outta whack. I need these men to get my job done and the ever-deserving promotion I want!”. How much was being used for his side job with real estate?”.

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Recruit CRM

JANUARY 11, 2022

Starting from promoting your client company as a desirable place to work to laying the groundwork in providing candidate feedback if they are not selected for a role, it's the small things that add up. The entire job application process must also be mobile-friendly, especially when 90% of job seekers use their mobile phones to look for jobs.

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Who's the Real Boss?

APRIL 12, 2020

Whether those roles present in sales or customer service working the phones, or working on a factory floor or in a distribution centre packing boxes, staying connected to the business in any way you can, will always help for your gainful return. So update that resume and see what’s out there!

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 12, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! Instead, I have to celebrate with her over the phone. The fabulous Eat Your Career community to the rescue!

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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). The kind lady asked me what I did for work so I gave her my resume. She gave me her business card.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Well, I sit home all day sending out resumes to evil trolls who won't even return a phone call, and then I watch Ellen and Oprah, to make sure I'm up on all the celebrity news before settling in to surf the Internet for endless hours while eating an entire bag of out-of-date Cheetos I bought at the dollar store. Tell everyone.

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BMT Office Administration

JULY 3, 2023

These types of files include: Cover letters Resumes Employment applications References Interview notes Remember not to include any pre-hire documents that must be kept confidential, such as an employee’s I-9 form. Also, you’re legally obligated to retain these records for at least one year by the EEOC.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2013

Keep in mind how long it takes to commute or how you will find a quiet, private place to do phone interviews. Some weeks between commuting, phone interviews, in person interviews, and planning/searching/scheduling/researching everything, I was spending a good 25 hours or more just on my job hunt. This is an extreme example though.

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On The Job

JULY 29, 2010

The situation deteriorated when the manager took a personal call about a home renovation project during Baird’s interview, using the back of her resume to take notes. “My 3 Ways to Attach Yourself to a Powerful Boss What To Do When You Don't Want the Promotion Can Your Workplace Survive if You Take a Vacation?

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Here are five methods you could use for remote candidate screening: Resume/CV analysis: This is one of the oldest methods. Traditionally, an average resume would only get around six seconds of attention before being discarded. Video interviews are more effective than phone screens. More applicants can be screened.

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The Office Professionals Place

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Some have lost jobs, didn’t get promotions or pay raises, or lost funding due to employer budget cuts. 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. ’ Here are a few things to think about, can you relate?

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 28, 2012

Tons of professional writers offer consultations (in person, online, or by phone), e-courses, lectures, tutoring, coaching, conference presentations, and workshops in places as diverse as their own living rooms and large auditoriums. Once you’ve delivered a few successful lessons, add your teaching credentials to your resume and About page.

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On The Job

MAY 18, 2009

Still, I have to wonder if employers arent passing over resumes with job candidates over 45, or if theyre taking one look at the gray hair and thinking: "Next!" Instead of focusing on what a candidate can generate in revenue, many focus on salary, promotability, and cost of hire. Of course, so are a lot of people. Awesome post.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

This could include sympathy cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, congratulations on a promotion, a card to reconnect with a client you havent heard from in awhile, or many other reasons. I dont often promote any businesses from my blog, but I thought this one was worth talking about. To send to clients of your company.

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Success

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Hartwell has his own impressive resume, having performed in five Broadway productions, two national tours and at the Tony Awards. In the early days, he would open the phone book and call every theater and dance company in the city to promote his drop-in classes. Believe in the power of hard work. Most hung up on him.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

If you can prove yourself as a good worker you can go up through the ranks and because they already know how you work, they are more apt to promote you. She said it wouldnt look good on my resume if I was seen as a job hopper. I have seen admin assistants climb up the corporate ladder just that way. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

That’s because like many job seekers, you’re probably spending way too much time poring over job boards and sending resumes to cyber black holes that offer you little chance of finding a job. Instead, it’s time to get on the phone or go out to lunch. In other words, it’s time to network, still the best way to land a job.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Telemarketing is my number one annoyance in advertising and as soon as I answer the phone and get that few seconds of dead air, that is my queue to hang up. Fax Blasts I remember someone from my IAAP Chapter asked me to fax the notice of our Chapter dinner to a list of about 60 companies to promote it. Oh, I agree. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2014

Again, I want to learn how to cope with it for my career (this is a major position for a resume) because I know it's him and not me. Perhaps you want to be transferred laterally or to get promoted within the dept to being management again. And congrats on landing the interview! In some cases staying a year could be enough.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

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. All this time I wanted to be recognized for my great resume and hard work and when I got offered a job on the spot, I retreated instead of saying yes right away. In hindsight, I am 99.9%

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On The Job

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Those who help the company become more innovative or strategic will make themselves key players – and those are the people a company is more likely to retain and promote. Your resume should always be able to reflect that you’ve kept up on the latest training and skills. Pick up the phone. Update (or build) your resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

I opened the phone book and signed up with every single one in town. That one unassuming, non-meaty, first temp gig got me my first CEO EA job and eventually my promotion to project manager down the road. Any recruiter who sees your resume will silently wonder the following questions. The longer specific answer is below.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 17, 2022

.” And then I, I applied to be a PA, which was a productions… production assistant, and I was, you know, gonna… I was hoping to get that job and then, uh, they saw my resume and pulled it out of the pile of PA applicants so that I could apply to… so I can interview to be Conan’s assistant. You look like sh*t.

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Recruit CRM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Ever wondered why recruiters do not even see 70% of the resumes ? If you think the resume is going to be carefully analysed by a recruiter in the first go, then you're wrong. If you think the resume is going to be carefully analysed by a recruiter in the first go, then you're wrong. The resume gets first processed by an ATS.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Do You Have a Phone? What REALLY maddens me are my 20-something fellow karate dojo colleagues – they’re looking for jobs but tell them to put up a personal resume website to highlight their skills, and they react like a deer in the headlights. Do You Have a Phone? The more money it costs the more stable you look.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 19, 2010

If I am away from my notebook, I have written notes to myself on my memo pad on my cell phone. Why you should focus on value when preparing your CV/resume Reply 11 Lana - {Daring Clarity} April 21, 2010 at 3:29 pm I love your systematized approach Dragos. And I have also written ideas down on Post It notes.

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