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5 Ways to Include Soft Skills on Your Resume

Success

Listing your previous job responsibilities, technical skills and education is relatively straightforward. However, communicating intangible soft skills on your resume, like attention to detail, work ethic and people skills, can be more difficult. What are soft skills?

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4 Keys for a Recommendation Letter

On The Job

As I sifted through dozens of cover letters and online applications, I noticed that only a few included letters of recommendations. As I read the letters, I wondered why more of the job prospects didn't offer something similar. For me, it put the skills of the applicant into perspective. Highlight important skills.

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8 Tips On How To Get A Promotion

Productivity Bits

Update your CV and create a cover letter for the position. Talk with your manager or director before applying for the position, so that they know that you wish to apply for the position and they can have time to think about your proposal. Don’t presume you’re going to get the job. Discuss With Your Boss.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

your hobbies, schooling, technical skills etc). Be upfront in your cover letter. Now I’ve said it a hundred times before in my blogs, that the cover letter is the opportunity to sell yourself. And remembering, that the first one to two pages must encapsulate the most important things.

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Guest Blogger: David B. Wright, Author

The Office Professionals Place

Youve sent out dozens, or maybe even hundreds, of resumes and cover letters. Your resume & cover letter have done their jobs, and have piqued the employers interest - now your job is to make it as easy as possible for them to decide to offer you the job. Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Guest Blogger: David B.

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Answering Reader Mail: From Lawyer to Executive Assistant?

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I currently work as a lawyer and undertake every day many of the types of responsibilities that make up an executive assistant role, such as administration, communication, project management and so on, usually in a very demanding and high pressure context, and before this I worked in various communications/PR roles. Thanks very much!”

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Announcement: The Shrink for Entrepreneurs is hiring

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

As my assistant, you will also be tasked with project management tasks and responsibility for those initiatives I launch with the time you created. You have graphic design and/or photoshop skills. Compensation to be determined by your skill set. But that’s not all. A great example?