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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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?

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Miss school? We know how you feel. School is one of the best experiences you’ll ever have in your life. And going back to school this time around is definitely going to be different - could be a bit harder because you have more things that need your time. Be guided as you delve into [...]

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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 [...]

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How do you offset a stressful day at work? By ending it with a soothing night! Does your work suck? You won’t really feel this way if you love your job. But the thing is, it ain’t much fun if it leaves you all stressed out, regardless of whether or not the paycheck is a [...]

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“If were to ask a raise from your boss, describe the social context that your share with him/her,” I told my business communication class a few weeks ago. One student said that his best case scenario would be that he is friends with the boss. Probably 90+ of them raised their hands when asked if [...]

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One philosophy that plagues many a small business owner is that notion that “The customer is always right.” While total customer satisfaction should be one of the goals of your company, there may be cases where in you don’t have to consider everyone who enters your store a valued customer.

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Now here’s an interesting bit. AskMen.com features the top ten highest paying jobs in the US according to the Department of Labor. Take note that in the actual list, eight out of the top ten are actually careers in the medical field. To narrow things down, they’ve taken the liberty to diversify the fields in [...]

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Not good news for Sun employees. Sun plans to hand out $100 to $150 million in severances according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. No word yet on how many employees will be affected but it’s definite that Sun will be trimming down it’s 34,219 strong workforce.

Sun executives decided to [...]

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