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Many people have been able to save more over the last two years as pandemic shutdowns kept them from traveling and going out to eat, but for a significant number of people the hardships are just as real, if not worse, than during the pandemic. But what do you do if your situation isn’t improving?
Here are some tips as your career progresses that will affect how you jobhunt. The lower-level admin you are the more jobs there are. Those jobs support the President, CEO, CTO, CFO, and Chairman. Your jobhunt will take a lot longer. Jobhunt with focus. Make a decision.
The company will ask that you charge everything from business travel to catered lunches on your credit card and they will reimburse you. Have money for jobhunting and working. Whenever you interview for a job, there’s at least 2-3 interviews if not more. Sometimes you have to spend money to make money.
The description lists all of the core skills (diary and email management, travel arrangements, expenses etc) followed by one or two more bullet points relating to tasks designed specifically for the role (managing in-house IT software, supporting certain departments, managing social media for the organisation for example).
Assistants will no longer have to get their manager’s permission to travel to London or other major cities for networking opportunities which can be a major hurdle. This is particularly important if jobhunting, as most recruiters will now look for an active engagement in your chosen profession. Social Media.
You may even start to think your current job is not that bad afterall. Posted by Patricia Robb at 12:22 AM Labels: Administrative Assistant , bored , interview , jobhunting , job satisfaction , professional assistant Reactions: 2comments: Foley-In-Charge said. Were you reading my last post? :) Great article.
2) Now that I'm jobhunting again my biggest obstacle is HR or executives see not working for a CEO is a step down for me even though I don't see it that way. All my jobs have been with major corporations or conglomerates which also means only so many exist in the world and also in Los Angeles/entertainment industry.
It’s that time of year, when we start reflecting on what we have achieved, question if we are on the right path and possibly asking ourselves if we are adding value or creating an impact in any way. Even if it’s just on a small scale. Now normally I’m not a big advocate for choosing […].
We might offer to fly you in so we have to get approval from our executives and work with our travel agent. Or the sheer number of people we need to interview means we need to reach out to 7 people for one job. Keep in mind the upside of a jobhunt is searching for the best relationships with a company.
The point of the above exercise is to figure out if the solution is something that can be fixed with a little action/daily maintenance (go on vacation, take better care of yourself, respectively) or will take long term planning and goals/strategy (move closer to family or save enough money to travel for a year).
Don’t automatically assume because the package looks good or the job sounds great on paper you will like it. Jobhunting and dating are very similar. Many times, when people see their dream job, they go right to marriage and commitment. It’s very hard to know what anyone is like after meeting them for an hour.
I had always meant to do a post on job searching and so I figured, why not now? AKA – Kiyomi’s 21-Step JobHunt Strategy 1) Contact everyone you know in a personalized, positive, fun email When I first graduated college and whenever I am seeking new opportunities, I will literally email everyone I know.
This really translates to the following questions… Will you be humble enough to take direction and do minor tasks like get coffee, scheduling, and travel? 6) Be strategic about your career plan and jobhunt. 2) How manageable are you? Are you hungry, green, and have a sense of urgency with all tasks?
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