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A Cover Letter is NOT Optional!

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Home Founder Resume Writing Career Coaching Marketing Yourself Selling Yourself Job Stress General Advice Interview Skills "The Relocated Spouse [link] — jobconnection A Cover Letter is NOT Optional! On June 14, 2010, In Resume Writing by Debra Wheatman , By CareersDoneWrite.com 0 What’s the value of writing a cover letter?

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What The CIA Can Teach HR Departments About Fixing Recruitment

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Millions of cover letters and resumes pass through AI-driven programs before they’re ever looked at by an HR professional. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the arbiter of some of the most vital information in the world, so it should be no surprise that this is one place to look for answers. What’s wrong with hiring?

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So you want to find a new assistant job?

Practically Perfect PA

Tailor your covering letter and CV. I’ve written posts on both covering letters and resumes so all I would add here is that you should tailor your CV and covering letter for each of the jobs you are applying for. Working with recruitment agencies. Dealing with agencies – hum, this is tricky.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

Job Advice Blog

Next, I Googled the company name–and searched on other search engines as well–to try to learn something about the proposal/agreement signer with the title of managing director. He was asking me to evaluate a proposal he had received from a career marketing firm. My research led me to a résumé-writing service.

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Answering Reader Mail: Finding Temp Agencies in Los Angeles

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JH recently wrote me and asked the following question, "With so many temp agencies out there, I don't know which is/isn't good. I was wondering if you could give me the name of the temp agency you worked with. The best strategy is to sign up with every single temp agency in town. Thanks so much in advance!"

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A guide to online job searching

Practically Perfect PA

Recruitment agencies will offer a range of jobs usually around a more specific area of expertise. As recruiting experts, we can quickly tell the difference between someone who has taken an application seriously, and someone who has sent the same cover letter to many different companies. Jobs that are out of date.

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Critical Steps in Your Career Transition

Job Advice Blog

Your action plan sets the tone of your search and keeps you on track to manage the application process. Hiring managers ‘Google’ the names of people they are interviewing and those they are considering interviewing. Your action plan will consist of the following: List of target companies.

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