Joining the armed forces is a big decision that requires careful consideration, but can be an excellent career move for those looking for a meaningful and rewarding job with ample
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If you’re like most people, you’ve got a million great ideas but struggle to turn them into reality. It’s easy to get stuck in the dreaming stage, but if you
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As business owners, we’re always looking for ways to save money. With the rising costs of energy, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so. One way that businesses can save
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We could all use a bit more cash in our pocket, right? There are some things you can do TODAY that will set you on course for reducing your outgoings
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As we get deeper and deeper into the Digital Age, more businesses are moving towards remote employees. Not only does it allow more flexibility for workers, but it also allows
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Career Planning is an activity that should not stop once you are done with your high school or college. In fact, it should be a constant process in your life
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You go to a family gathering or a friends’ reunion and you get asked, “What are your plans for higher education?” or “What have you thought about your career?” Such
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Finding the career of your choice can be quite a challenge. There are so many options and so many opinions influencing your decision that it is almost impossible to be
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in other blog posts (links to respective blog posts). In this blog, we will try to
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You are sitting on your workstation, wondering if your skills are getting dated. You try to update your resume and are hit by the hard truth: “You haven’t learnt anything
This post is part 4 of 9 in the series Job Hunting
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Worse than being too busy: not being busy enough
Posted in: Best Of, Graduate, Freelancer, Professional, All Featured Articles Tags: efficiency, effectivenessAre you not busy enough? Here’s what to do
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How To Ask For A Performance Review
Posted in: Graduate, Professional, All Featured Articles, Best Of Tags: performance appraisal, performance review, effectiveness, productivity, business communicationAre you ready for a performance review? Discover how to ask for one right here.
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What Makes a Good Meeting Agenda?
Posted in: Best Of, Graduate, Freelancer, Professional, Leader, All Featured Articles Tags: highly effective, effectiveness, meetingsHere are some tips that will help you put together an A* agenda for your next meeting.
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10 Reasons Why Tasks Take Too Long
Posted in: Best Of, Graduate, Freelancer, Professional, Leader Tags: task management, effectiveness, productivity, bad management, performanceSome tasks seem to take much longer than they should, don’t they?
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How To Get Paid More
Posted in: Recommended Books, Graduate, Professional, Leader, All Featured Articles Tags: procrastination, pay, salary, effectivenessMore pay, anyone? Who will say NO to that? There is a way to get more pay. Find out how, right here…
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99 Ways To Become a High Performer
Posted in: Best Of, Graduate, Professional, Leader, All Featured Articles Tags: productibity, high performance, effectivenessHere’s a list of 99 things to do to become a high performer. If you regularly do all 99, then I’m sure you’ll be on the road to super-stardom…
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Freelancers: Does Your Personality Define Your Business?
Posted in: Freelancer, All Featured Articles Tags: personality, effectiveness, professional freelancer, freelancing, smartAll organizations have culture. Culture is intangible, and a description of the default behaviors, tendencies and styles of its workforce. Your freelance organization is no different, but what is your
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Why Isn’t ‘Staying Employed’ in the Top Ten List of CIO Issues?
Posted in: Professional, Leader Tags: recession, Eric Brown, InformationWeek, cio issues, efficiency, economic downturn, effectivenessInformationWeek just announced the ‘Top Ten CIO Issues for 2009 ‘ and I was wondering why ‘Staying Employed’ didn’t feature on the list! If you believed everything you read in
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The Most Inspiring Book I Have Read! Peter Drucker’s ‘The Effective Executive’
Posted in: Leader, All Featured Articles Tags: knowledge worker, The Effective Executive, effectiveness, druckerI am making a bold claim: this book will inspire and surprise you. Originally published in 1966, the book remains essentially the same amazing content, although many examples shared by

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