Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 15, 2013

If your boss has the time, energy, and is okay with you moving on to another job, department, or leaving them and are happy to refer you and help you in every way they can, you have a a great personal rapport with your boss. It also gives them a chance to write you a reference letter, prep your department, etc.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 10, 2017

List your resume on career job sites - Okay, a lot of people will tell you it’s not worth it to post your resume on sites like Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, etc. They wanted to promote someone to a sales role eventually which I had no interest in. I’m not referring to those sites. This is key (more on that later).

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 16, 2012

Sign up with the major job hunting sites with your resume and profile, join social network sites geared towards work, and meet with every temp agency in town just to be safe. In another answer, I reference 10,000 hours. When I entered the workforce, my resume was already pretty lengthy so I didn't have to start from the very bottom.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2010

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 10, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Lets enjoy our day together.© 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

My goal for this blog is to give good tips and ideas and occasionally put a smile on your face as you start your day!Lets 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. Lets enjoy our day together.© Oh, I agree. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Brilliantly Better

AUGUST 19, 2010

You can chose your own goal, your own improvement area, and then use my blog as a motivator and trigger of inspiration. The about page should be the place where you should list all your credentials, testimonials and all the other references about you on the interwebs: interviews, collective projects, media appearances and so on.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 4, 2013

And as I climbed the admin ladder, when I got recruited for a project manager role, the person who referred me was also someone I had met when I was “just a temp” stuffing those thousands of envelopes. 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.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Many freelancers don’t have to send their resumes to people anymore, so those degrees don’t see a lot of action, but they’re there, collecting dust on our walls. If your goal from university is to be rich, then skip it and work on a start up. I often refer to it as my “Would You Like Fries With That?&# Wish I knew.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

He’s also currently working as a promoter and a waiter to pay the bills. That’s why I’m learning not to look at the end product (at the goal) but focus on the steps to get there, picturing the actions I’ll take to reach the success and that way I’m already successful because I’m acting and living out my dreams.

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Men With Pens

MAY 23, 2010

Any email that begins with, “I probably don’t have enough experience,&# “I’m not sure I’m what you’re looking for,&# or even “I’m sure you probably have much better writers sending in their resume,&# pretty much forces the reply, “You’re right. DO take a chance. Read everything.

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