Let’s describe the typical job interview. You might be the one looking for a job but there’s no reason to just sit there and respond to their questions. It’s your prime opportunity to get to know more about the position, the work, and the company apart from what you already know.
Most human resource officers [...]

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Personally, I don’t get it why some bosses are so intent on keeping office resources to themselves not minding that a bit of allowance for employees for some breathing space helps. Surf a thing or two on the Web or play a little game of Minesweeper. Those things do help in keeping people sane [...]

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Getting the right people into any key position can be a serious challenge for any organization. Here’s an excellent article about getting the right people in the right places in a quick and timely manner. Below are some of my favourite take-outs from it.
1.Compress the “white space” in your hiring process.
White Spaces are [...]

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In step with the holiday season, office parties will be going into full swing! Of course, office parties are often a double edged sword, and offers as many pitfalls as it does opportunities. Monster.com offers up some helpful office holiday party etiquette which should help you navigate your company event successfully. Here’s [...]

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Whether you’re a manager aspiring to be one, here are some key traits of a successful manager. Apply these learnings to your work, and you’d certainly make a positive impact to the people under you

People: Managers concentrate on strengths and make weaknesses irrelevant.
Place: Managers create great workplaces where people thrive.
Mission: Managers get the work [...]

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If you’re one of those people that thinks laterally, loves mindmaps, stores tons of notes all over the place and would like to get organized, you might consider Tinderbox by the folks at Eastgate if you haven’t done so already.

I’ve been using the application —which is currently only available for Mac but Window’s [...]

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Sometimes you need to take two minutes to get mentally set before starting a writing task. Here are a few useful questions to ask yourself to help you keep on topic, and get the tone just right.
Who is your audience?

Who are your readers?
Why will they be reading what you write?
What will they know about [...]

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will step down from his post at some point within the next year. As well as sending the British press into a spin, Blair’s speech reminded me how important it is to resign with dignity.

No matter what your job is, if there comes a [...]

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Thinking of striking it out on your own? Wendy Boswell from Lifehacker looks at her own experience and provides some useful tips to would-be freelancers who want to be their own boss.
Put money away
Always have a safety net of spare cash to sustain your for at least 6 months before you venture [...]

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The subconscious mind is an extremely powerful mechanism. Each individual has an unique perspective and opinion on what success means to them. If properly trained, utilized and enacted; subconscious thoughts achieve success.
In my previous article I enlightened you on how extremely important goal-setting is. In an effort to elaborate on these details [...]

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Blogging has become so popular that massive amounts of people are setting up new blogs and establishing a presence in the blogosphere.
Unfortunately, despite beautifully themed pages, outstanding development, plug ins and precision content, many fall short of success. Potentially successful blogs fail due to numerous conflicts and reasons; however, one of the main reasons [...]

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There’s an ongoing myth claiming that you have to sacrifice a lot of free time for your studies. Nothing could be further from the truth. Education isn’t just about listening to lectures – it’s also about experiencing new things outside the confines of a classroom. This means that you shouldn’t spend your growing-up years [...]

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As an independent/underground filmmaker, it can be very difficult to try and make time for your films. Not only do you try to live a successful life; having a job, keeping a girlfriend/wife, raising children, going to school, etc., but, you also have an insane passion for your film work that can very difficult to [...]

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As we become a more computerized society, some people forget how to interact with other people, and one major interaction that seems to be taking a bit of a hit in quality and effectiveness is meetings.
Organizing a group of people, and pushing a topic or topics out in a way that others will [...]

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