02 Oct
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Business, Work and Career
What is your plan to achieve success in your work? If it’s kissing your boss’s ass every working day then forget it! We have way better methods. Work your way to the top by getting heard and be understood by your officemates. Know and learn what it takes to put forward your best ideas.
30 Sep
Posted by Alex as Business, Work and Career
I know I’ve written a little bit about this matter a few months ago but I’d like to re-emphasize the point. I have a lot of friends who are freelancing graphics artists and web designers. I am sort of a freelancer myself. One thing that I’d say that most freelancers tend to forget is to [...]
Working in the field of public relations (PR) is probably one of the most critical jobs, if not most complicated. How do you work with different kinds of people and make sure each one trusts you? Making and approaching PR is a delicate task. One wrong move snowballs into a disaster that’s going to haunt [...]
Perhaps one issue in today’s workplace is how to manage technophobia. Undoubtedly, computers make work a lot faster and easier. It’s only quite logical to automate work processes with computers. Unfortunately for some organizations, there’s the issue of change management. Some employees just need to be pushed to use technology to their benefit but technophobia [...]
The job market today has changed a lot. It’s not a game of just handing out a shortened life history and tidbits of personal information anymore. Almost everyone has the same thing to say - graduated from some school, worked in some place. That was probably the time when veneer was cool and Vanilla Ice [...]
Selling is not easy. To be an effective salesperson, you have to be persuasive so that you can talk your customer into purchasing your product. But customers are now wiser and are becoming penny-pinchers because of the need to save up. How can you develop your sales potential to be the very best in selling [...]
20 Sep
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Business, Work and Career
In a previous post, we’ve pointed out some tips on dealing with workplace fiends. However, we’ve only dealt with fiendish co-workers in general but here are some tips on how to deal with one type (and probably the worst type) of annoying co-workers - the bully.
Just when you think you’ve had enough of them in [...]
19 Sep
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Business, Work and Career
I’ve felt the pressure of being under a workaholic boss - the type who starts working at 6 AM in the morning and stops around midnight. If your employer makes very unreasonable demands that works starts to breach your own personal time, then you might have to consider your work.
Last week we gave you this guide on how to make money, this one’s more of a summary. Looking for ways to earn more money? Aren’t we all? Bumming around feels OK until you realize that you’re broke. Maybe it’s about time you think of ingenious ideas to earn so that you can start saving [...]
It is good to be always on the lookout for something better that might come along. We are talking about a new, and way better job offer. But how do you say goodbye to everyone in the office?
Aahh. Money. It’s great to have money. It can’t buy you love, but it can sure as hell buy you a lot of other things. It’s probably everyone’s dream to live the good life, right? However, while it may a bit too optimistic to dream of retiring a millionaire, being driven around in a limo, [...]
A lot of small business owners think that websites are just for larger companies or only to those companies related to technology. What’s the point in shelling out cash that could be used to purchase a few more office comforts for your employees, right? Well this is where you can explore and weigh the merits [...]
Outsourcing, like any other, has its pros and cons. One great advantage to it as a business owner is you get results without having to deal with things internally. Let’s face it, manning additional people and resources can be a real chore. So why not just be grateful to pay for results, right?
Sometimes, it takes a guy from below to give the boss some much needed perspective to make the right decisions. However, there are times when the thought of saying anything less than a praise can be quite tricky. Either the boss takes it well, or you’re painting a bullseye on your back. So be careful [...]
Loaned a couple of grand to some bastard friend who wouldn’t pay back? Some darned client/company owes you some collectibles? If you are planning legal action to get back your money, you might want to think about the whole issue first. As with any thing, you have to weigh the pros and cons of small [...]