What Employers Want in Remote Employees
For a manager, hiring remote employees comes with a specific set of challenges. Anyone who has been in a position of responsibility can tell you that managing employees twenty feet away is complex. Keeping atop of someone 1,000 miles away adds another level of stress. Because different priorities create different…
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If You Are Going To San Francisco, Be Sure To…
During a recent visit to San Francisco, we visited Haight-Ashbury – something I would recommend to anyone and everyone whether you are a Baby Boomer or not! As we walked along Ashbury toward one of the former residences of Janis…
Why a Job Search is Harder than a Google Search
In the last two decades the job search experience has changed drastically. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you naviagate the digital landscape in search of employment. 1. A Job Search is Complex, But The Internet Helps The Google search experience has spoiled us. Today, when…
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Bridging the Gap to Success
At LinkedIn, our mission is to connect talent with opportunity. The Dublin-based Talent Acquisition team decided to participate in the Ireland JobBridge program last year to bring this mission to life in our offices. The JobBridge program was designed by the Irish government to give the unemployed opportunities to gain valuable work experience while retaining their jobseeker allowance to help them find new opportunities. At LinkedIn, we saw this as a chance to give some bright individuals useful experience and exposure to how professionals can leverage LinkedIn.
Our first JobBridge interns came on board nine months ago and so far, two have successfully applied for full-time positions at LinkedIn and an additional four more are gaining valuable work experience as JobBridge interns. Here’s what our first two JobBridge Interns have to say about their experience.
When I finished college in May 2012 I found it quite difficult to get a full-time permanent position in sales in the technology industry. My background was in metal fabrication and while some skills transferred over, many simply did not. For me, JobBridge was the break I needed to refine my skills and gain new ones in what was and still is an incredibly competitive job market for young people in Ireland.
I interviewed with LinkedIn through the program and was lucky enough to be offered an internship on the recruiting team. While I was extremely excited about the opportunity, I still was quite nervous when starting. I didn’t know what to expect. On day one, like most LinkedIn employees, I was handed a laptop and put through 2 days of induction. By the end of it, I had so much new information in my head that I knew I had made the right decision.
While on the recruitment team I gained so many new skills, many of which I had never even thought about before, such as screening CV’s and phone interviewing candidates. I also learned how to effectively use the LinkedIn platform and realised that I had been undervaluing its usefulness while I was a student.
Six months into the internship, my confidence had grown so much that I applied for a permanent analyst position on the Sales Operations team. I am now delighted to be a permanent LinkedIn employee and am of course incredibly grateful not only to JobBridge but to LinkedIn as well for helping me get to this point.
When I graduated with my first class with honors in Entrepreneurship and Business Management from Institute of Art, Design and Technology back in June 2012, I was actively looking for a graduate level job in Dublin. I wanted a challenging job where I could use what I had learned and also gain valuable work experience to kickstart my career.
After several months I felt frustrated just waiting for a perfect job. I really needed to do something, so I took a different approach and visited the JobBridge website. I started browsing through the internships looking for a job that I would LOVE to do in any form – be it full-time or internship!
I didn’t think twice when I found the Recruiting Associate Internship position posted on JobBridge website by LinkedIn. I admired LinkedIn as a company and human resources was one of the interests I developed in college. After I applied , I attended an interview and was offered the position at LinkedIn for 9 months.
From the start of my internship, I was assigned a mentor with whom I worked very closely throughout my all internship. With support and encouragement from all of the recruiting team I was gradually given more responsibilities and was soon searching, approaching and phone screening candidates.
And…guess what?
A few months after I started my internship, I secured a full-time permanent position working as Recruiting Coordinator with the Human Resources team!
When I look back now at the time when I had just graduated, I had big hopes and not that many opportunities. I truly believe that the JobBridge internship at LinkedIn was the opportunity to kickstart my career!
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The Ireland JobBridge program has been a positive experience for the participating teams at LinkedIn as well as for the Interns themselves. If you, or someone you know, are interested in hearing more about future JobBridge Internships at LinkedIn’s Dublin office, then watch for our postings on careers.linkedin.com.
Try Using the “Reverse Graffiti” Approach to Resumes
Have you heard of reverse graffiti? It’s an approach to street art in which the artist removes the grime on city buildings or sidewalks to create images instead of using spray paint. So what does this have to do with your resume? Take a look at your resume and see…
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Executive Administrative Assistants
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Standard Occupational Classification #43-6011 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
SOC Definition–Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.
Examples of other common names in use—Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants excludes jobs as
43-6012 Legal secretaries, as 43-6013 medical secretaries and as 43-6014 other types of secretaries such as alumni secretary, department secretary, office secretary, personal secretary, school secretary, real estate assistant.
Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants are sprinkled through almost every sector and sub-sector of the economy. They typically account for only a half percent or less of firm staffing, but selected service sectors are as high six and seven percent. Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments establishments have an average of 5.5 to 7 percent staffing of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants. Various real estate specialty service firms, grant making and giving services, social advocacy organizations, business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations all have 4 to 6 percent staffing with executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.
National employment as executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants dropped to 803,040 in 2012. Jobs are down from 1.37 million since 2000 in a steady decline, but job totals for medical secretaries and secretaries except executive, legal and medical are up enough to maintain employment totals for the combined category. The job total for all secretarial and administrative assistant categories continues to hold at 3.6 to 3.7 million in the national market since 2000. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is forecasting modest job growth of 15.6 thousand per year in spite of the decade long decline.
The recently updated BLS Education and Training Classification assignments for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants list high school diploma or equivalent as the entry level education minimum. However, percentages from survey data are published for the executive secretary and executive administrative assistant occupation. Results show an educational distribution where 35 percent have some college, but no degree, and almost 30 percent have an associate’s degree, or baccalaureate degree and a few percent above the BA. Many executive assistants need computer skills beyond word processing that add to necessary education and enhance employability. In general on-the-job training is expected to be minimal for this occupation; applicants need to bring the skills and experience to the job.
Job growth is not the only measure of new hiring. Job openings equal job growth and the number of net replacements. Net replacements are people who permanently leave an occupation for another occupation or retirement and must be replaced before there can be any job growth. Job openings for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants are expected to average around 32,180 per year in the years up to 2020..
The basic wage data from the BLS occupational employment survey includes a wage distribution. Averages are not used much in wage data. A few high wages pull up the average and make it unrepresentative. Instead a distribution range of wages is published with the 10th, 25th, median, 75th, and 90th percentiles of wages. A 10th percentile wage means 10 percent working in this job have wages equal to or less than the 10th percentile wage and so on. Annual wages are converted to hourly wages by dividing annual by
The entry wage for the national market in the 10th percentile for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is reported as $ 31,310 in 2012. The 25th percentile wage equals $ 38,030. The median wage is $ 47,500, the 75th percentile wage equals $ 60,130 and the 90th percentile wage is $ 73,530. Yearly reported wage increases are keeping up with inflation across the whole salary distribution with a small increase in buying power over the last decade.
There are 27,380 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants jobs in the Washington Metropolitan area for 2012. The entry wage for the Washington Metropolitan market in the 10th percentile for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is reported as $ 36,640 in 2012. The 25th percentile wage equals $ 43,790. The median wage is $ 55,420, the 75th percentile wage equals $ 69,460 and the 90th percentile wage is $ 83,360. Legal secretaries earn more; medical and other secretaries earn less than executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in the Washington metropolitan area.
There are 9,740 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants jobs in the Washington DC for 2012. The entry wage for the Washington DC market in the 10th percentile for Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants is reported as $ 34,180 in 2012. The 25th percentile wage equals $ 41,100. The median wage is $ 51,470, the 75th percentile wage equals $ 66,970 and the 90th percentile wage is $ 84,440. Legal secretaries earn more; medical and other secretaries earn less than executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Washington DC.
LinkedIn India is now 20 Million Members Strong [INFOGRAPHIC]
It gives me immense pleasure to announce another momentous occasion in LinkedIn India’s journey. Earlier this month, we crossed 20 million members in India. It is humbling to play a part in the professional lives of millions of Indians, helping them be more productive and successful in their careers.
Our members have been our motivation since we started operations in India a little over three years ago. Since then, our member base has grown by almost 500% from 3.4 million to 20 million today. To me, however, it is not just about growing our member count but about enabling our members to grow themselves. And members of the “City of LinkedIn India” have done just that.
The population of “City of LinkedIn India” is comparable to that of Mumbai’s total metropolitan area and larger than that of many countries. Our diverse member population comprises individuals at various stages of their careers – from students to CXOs at the top of their fields. Their skills range from management to testing across industries, and their locations span Tier 1 metros to rapidly emerging towns. A little known fact is that 80% of our members influence business decisions and a many have high household incomes, making them one of the most influential and affluent audiences on the web in India. Ultimately though, they are connected by a mutual interest in maintaining their professional identity and investing time on LinkedIn to enhance their skills by tapping into the collective wisdom of their professional network.
Being a members first company with a vision to create economic opportunity for the entire workforce, helping members get the most out of LinkedIn remains our primary focus. Members can now showcase their professional identity through rich profiles, leverage insights in the form of news, opinions & connections being shared by their network, and enjoy this value everywhere via our popular new mobile apps. We see compelling stories everyday about how members leverage LinkedIn to great effect. Here are just two examples of the diversity of our platform:
Leveraging their LinkedIn identity at all career stages
Take Jayant T.C.A., (Marketing Consultant for Delhi Daredevils) created his LinkedIn profile as a student and leveraged LinkedIn to engage with executives to raise funds for the AIESEC International Congress.
Contrast this with Alvin Saldahna (Chief Creative Officer at Idea Domain) who was well established in his career when he built a strong LinkedIn profile and used it to promote his blog, become a teacher and start his own creative company.
Making LinkedIn as their insights hub & professional publishing platform
Consider Rajeev Gangal (Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry at Sai Advantium Pharma Ltd) who used LinkedIn to poll a targeted audience in the niche field of molecular discovery and gather their insights, instead of commissioning a primary research study. By doing so, he saved a substantial amount of time & money.
Compare that to Jessie Paul (Managing Director of Paul Writer) who started a LinkedIn Group to connect with Chief Marketing Officers to discuss common industry issues and share her opinions. This then led her to start her own firm Paul Writer.
These shining member stories never fail to amaze and inspire me. I’d love to hear about your personal LinkedIn success story. Share your story and read other India member impact stories on Slideshare.
With 20 million members and growing, it’s safe to say that we have come of age in India. Yet the most exciting part for me is that we’re just getting started. On this day, I’d like to thank each one of you for being an incredibly valuable part of the “City of LinkedIn India”!
Simply Hired Integrates with Oracle’s Taleo Business Edition
Today Simply Hired announces our performance-based job advertising solution has achieved integration with Oracle’s Taleo Business Edition. Simply Hired operates one of the world’s largest job search engines, which connects candidates and employers through its powerful search engine platform and performance-based job advertising solution. The integration with Oracle’s Taleo Business…
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4 Ways To Inadvertently Sabotage Your Job Search
Looking for a new job is a daunting enough task, but will be even tougher if you unwittingly sabotage your job search. Yes, you may be turning off potential employers without even realizing it. Here are some of the ways that you may be inadvertently hurting your chances at finding…
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Out-of-the-Ordinary Job Opportunities on LinkedIn [INFOGRAPHIC]
At LinkedIn, our mission is to connect talent with opportunity at massive scale. In the past 18 months, we’ve more than doubled the number of job opportunities posted on LinkedIn. We now have more than 220,000 great opportunities for members like you.
If the total number doesn’t surprise you, the variety surely will. With summer on the horizon, students will be delighted to learn that more than 8,000 internships are currently posted on LinkedIn. The most popular internship? The marketing intern program at Walt Disney, an opportunity that has attracted 40X the views compared to the average internship job posting.
See the highlights in our infographic of ‘out of the ordinary’ opportunities on LinkedIn from April 2013:
What interesting opportunities have you applied for on LinkedIn? Share with us on our LinkedIn Company Page or on Twitter @LinkedIn.
