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Laid-Off or Let Go? Here Are 7 Immediate Steps for Your Career, Finances and Personal Growth

Success

Instead, he spent six more months job hunting. In the end, he found an excellent job with a supportive team, but during those seven months of unemployment, we often wondered what the future held. We put the application on hold as he job hunted through the summer months.

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Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

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Now, he was out of a job. Having spent his entire adult life in corporate positions, he knew he could go job hunting. The major investment in most self-owned businesses is the investment of one’s self in the form of time, focus and persistence. You don’t need to be a genius at negotiation or a whiz at numbers.

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Five Essential Strategies for Successful Hybrid Leadership

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The remainder is spent on non-work activities like checking social media, browsing news websites, chatting with colleagues about non-work topics, making personal calls, and even job hunting. Middle managers need to abandon the unfounded belief that employees will slack off when unsupervised.

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Beginning Your Job Search? Start By Building Your Brand

Office Dynamics

Maintaining and building your online persona is a part of the new job search. Building your personal brand is crucial to standing out from the crowd when job hunting. After all, Inc reports that every corporate job opening attracts an average of 250 resumes, but on average only four to six people will interview for the position.

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25 ways to get noticed on LinkedIn

Practically Perfect PA

Recommendations are the strongest form of social proof, so don’t be shy, get tooting that horn and ask current and former colleagues, clients and connections to recommend you. Think specifically about the words and keyword phrases your ideal clients will be using on LinkedIn in order to find you. Will you be acting on any of these tips?

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Administrators

Practically Perfect PA

I decided to leave my previous employee in June 2010 but was job hunting for 6 months and when I did get the role I am in currently I had to complete a detailed application form, attend three interviews and sit two psychometric tests (for language and numerical skills). However, this just isn’t the case anymore.

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Interview Questions and Answers for PAs, EAs and Admins Part 4

Practically Perfect PA

In no why shape or form speak badly about one of your colleagues and how you couldn’t stand them (even if it is true!) Interviews admin assistants EA Education and Training Executive Assistant Interview questions Job hunting PA Virtual Assistant'