Practically Perfect PA

JULY 31, 2014

Harmony between your CV and cover letter. All too often cover letters either repeat, or worse, contradict aspects of a candidate’s CV. Then consider how the content of your cover letter links with your CV. Have you ever Googled someone and been slightly surprised, or even put off, by what you have found?

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

If you do nothing else today, Google yourself. So, I'm going to share some really good advice and comments from online reputation management folks that I couldn't fit in my column: * "Search for your name in Google, Yahoo! Google covers most of the Web, but MSN and Yahoo! Deming" was Googled, nothing negative showed up.

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Job Advice Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

LinkedIN, Twitter, online profile) you should fix that immediately. Hiring managers ‘Google’ the names of people they are interviewing and those they are considering interviewing. This is because these documents are the first thing people see about you. You want to project a positive personal brand.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 13, 2011

1) Tweet My Jobs - I know most of us may roll our eyes or not believe that people have found jobs through Twitter or Facebook because it seems so far-fetched and unlikely. We swapped stories about interview attire. So I was skeptical too and started to Google how people used Twitter to find jobs and I came across Tweet My Jobs.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

2) Ask to meet for fun and to conduct informational interviews When you send out an email as mentioned above, those who are happy to hear from you and want to help you will respond. You can hang out with your friend and informally conduct an informational interview. Those who are too busy will probably just read it and delete.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Click on that and you will find a wealth of templates from a resume, cover letter, minutes, agenda and many others. Admin in the Spotlight: Interview with Lynn Holgat. Whoever had the idea to put the templates on their site should pat themselves on the back. I believe someone mentioned there were almost 500 to choose from.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

When I started out, no one really had a website/blog/Twitter/Facebook/MySpace so I just opened up the YellowPages and called every single one. Lucky for you, there's Google! Once you find out their email or fax number, they will ask you to submit your cover letter and resume. I was once offered a job. You get the picture.

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