Human resource agents in companies do employ a bit of intimidation during interviews. This is to check how the applicant reacts to stressful events. Want to know what these ploys are?

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Okay, so maybe your business is not necessarily a swanky star-rated hotel. The spike of tourism in many places have made a market for hostel/motel/bed and breakfast businesses. But providing a shelter, food, and service does entail a lot on the business side.To say that it’s hard to manage a hostel is an understatement. If [...]

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A newsletter is one of the most effective ways of spreading word. You can use it to promote, to preach, to market, or to advertise whatever you want. Organizations and some companies still see some value in spreading the news around. The problem is how you can make one that’s sure to generate your desired [...]

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How do you feel about standing in front of a huge crowd? Confident? Nervous? Nauseous even? Well, that’s okay. Almost all people have stage fright. It’s not so easy to stand on spotlight when you’re expected to say something profound or hilarious. Don’t allow your knees to go wobbly. Pull yourself together and address your [...]

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Ah, job interviews. A lot of people don’t know is that there’s an exact science behind job interviews. Each of the questions thrown at you has a rationale behind them. They’re not only designed to get more information about you, they’re also designed to see how you approach certain situations and how you can fit [...]

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Like any other person in the room, you are inseparable with your cellphone; your gender doesn’t have anything to do with that. Gadgets are cool – ’nuff said. We love doing things the easy way and you have to admit that SMS or texting has made life so easy. Texting solves your problems: text when [...]

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The last time, we put up this post on choosing a cell phone for you to buy so we decided to follow that up with this bit on choosing the service provider. As we’ve pointed out last time, that when shopping for a new phone you may consider the packages that service providers offer since [...]

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This might be common if you live in an apartment building with a bunch of savages but it’s quite common in neighborhoods and even the suburbs too (especially since the richer folk can afford million-watt audio systems). If you want some peace and quiet but your neighbor won’t let up, then it may be time [...]

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It’s the new year and with most electronics depreciate at the end of the year and that new models have come out, buying a new cellphone might be a great idea, just a little token for yourself for the past year well-spent. There are a lot of brands and models to choose from and its [...]

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Does your day start and end with having to talk to people over the phone that it trims down your time for work? Here are a few tips on how you can reclaim those precious minutes instead of spending your work hours talking over the phone.

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Answering questions can be a bother. Even if you’re not hounded by the press for some juicy scoops, you may be presented with situations that would require you to dodge questions. Speakers do have several tricks up their sleeve in order to duck those tricky and complicated ones. Instead of implicating themselves through possibly mucky [...]

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Todd Wilkens wrote this interesting piece about his war against Blackberries and laptops in office meetings. Entitled “My personal war against Crackberry,” Wilkens points out how these devices can divide people’s attention to matters. He shares seven ways on how to curb this phenomenon in office meetings. In this age of wireless Internet and mobile [...]

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Sometimes your brightest ideas deserve more than just a few pages. An idea presented through videos can reach more people and convey exactly the right message. Sell your ideas more effectively by making very impressive videos.

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Maybe you’ve read our quick guides on how to tell if people are lying through their actions or eyes. There is no magic in these only science and psychology. Behavior analysis has been a very enriched field over the years of studies and research. It is now used not only to treat disorders but also [...]

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Take note that we used “aggressiveness” here instead of “aggression” since we’d want to focus more on attitude rather than with rage issues. Now, aggressiveness in the workplace is often associated to those high-achievers. While this can be beneficial for some organizations, if these people get mixed up in one place, the results can be [...]

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