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Melissa Peoples

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

After giving notice, and thinking now that it wasn't perhaps the best time for clarity or objectivity, I dusted off my resume, added my now former role, and began applying to likely-sounding prospects. Bear in mind, I had been recruited or referred into my past couple of roles, so my resume hadn't been top of mind for a while.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 9, 2016

I’ve been on many interviews over my career and have encountered many different interview styles - the behavioral interview, the panel format with a few people interviewing me at once, the “mean” interviewer, and so forth. One interview “style” that caught me off guard was the NON interview style.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I’ve been on many interviews over my career and have encountered many different interview styles - the behavioral interview, the panel format with a few people interviewing me at once, the “mean” interviewer, and so forth. One interview “style” that caught me off guard was the NON interview style.

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C-Suite Assistants

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

According to the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), half of all legal assistants are at least 45 years old, and 38% of law firms are expected to lose 20-40% of their support staff in the next five years due to retirement. This attrition makes it even more urgent for legal organizations to be able to find experienced EAs.

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All Things Admin

JUNE 22, 2023

An executive, hiring manager, interviewer, or recruiter can go through this cohesive, easy-to-read collection of career highlights and instantly see the value you bring to an organization. You can include the link to your social portfolio in your resume header so that recruiters can easily connect to your profile and work samples.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

First, what you have been up to recently that is exciting, fun or new, why and what sort of job you are looking for, and your contact information and an online link to your resume or a social media profile (more on this later). You can hang out with your friend and informally conduct an informational interview.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

DECEMBER 18, 2013

I did very well on my interviews and it's down to me and one other EA who already has a full time job. Your termination is more “in the past” than being the focal point of your resume because your first job description will be the temping stuff. I recently found myself out of work and started my search.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JULY 10, 2012

Besides having a checking, retirement account, and a rainy day fund, you should also have a huge savings account of 6 months to a year or more of living funds. Whenever you interview for a job, there’s at least 2-3 interviews if not more. You’ll need to make copies of your resume or have a nice folder.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 17, 2012

Any recruiter who sees your resume and finds out you used to be a lawyer will silently wonder the following questions. Whether based on your cover letter or resume, recruiters only take 6 seconds to see if you are match. If the fit isn’t close enough, they toss or file your resume. 1) Do you have the admin skills to be an EA?

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 28, 2009

The goal is to have something to write on your resume to show you weren't professionally stagnant. Through impressive research and interviews with experts and with real women, Bennetts shows that women simply cannot afford to quit their day jobs. Another argument against both parents working is the high cost of childcare.

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BMT Office Administration

JANUARY 24, 2024

When you increase the employee’s responsibilities and give them a higher-level job title without added pay, you are giving them a reason to leave the company in search of fair compensation and making it easier for them to find a better-paying job at a competing employer by building their resume.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

APRIL 13, 2016

It’s not unheard of that while a CEO is about to retire they start looking about 2-5 years prior to their exit. State that on your resume, in your cover letter, over the phone, and don’t tell anyone at work. And this comes into play when you are on interviews and tell your story about your career path and this specific job.

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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. Now I can just work the job I want and retire happy&# I’m like, you moron, education never stops! If you have a degree, you probably spent a couple of years getting it.

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Recruit CRM

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

During an interview with Bloomberg in May, Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist, and professor at Texas A&M University coined this phrase to characterize the surge of people quitting their jobs. Resume template websites are just as popular as ever because Americans want to find employers that appreciate them.

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Success

JANUARY 18, 2023

In a July 2016 profile , The New York Times wrote that President Barack Obama—who wore only blue and gray suits—daydreamed about retiring to Hawaii to “open a T-shirt shack that sold only one size (medium) and one color (white)” with Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan and his former chief of staff.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 26, 2008

A Job is Waiting to Happen to You Long gone are the days of scouring the newspaper want ads and pounding the pavement going from office to office submitting your resume. There are sites that are specifically for job hunters where you can submit your resume and a profile about yourself for any employer to see. First impressions count.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 23, 2024

A tougher jobs landscape has left people on edge about any potential red flags on their resumes, and that includes long gaps between jobs. But they warn that some companies are more leery of resume gaps than others. People who are clear about any resume gaps should also know that theyre in good company. Highlight that gap.

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Success

OCTOBER 24, 2024

We were interviewing a candidate for a position at my then-company. I knew the candidate was about my age or a little older based on her impressive resume filled with roles at top-tier companies dating back to the early 2000s. Earlier this year, I hopped on a Zoom call along with my colleague, who is in her late 40s like me.

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Success

JULY 17, 2021

For clients of Jo Davis , the work is “[finding] meaning, a career change, retirement or planning for it.”. That’s part of the resume, but those descriptions fall short. And what do you get in return for taking your problems and desires to a coach? Are coaches consultants who give advice or cheerleaders who motivate?

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Allwork

JANUARY 28, 2025

However, artificial intelligence within the large HR systems hiring processes screens the hundreds and hundreds, if not millions of resumes before a person ever sees them. There is no person in the HR department doing the interviewing process themselves. Generally that affects or can affect the filtering in that algorithm.

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