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Seeing Yourself as Others See You

Sky — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:28:58 +0000

A common tactic employers draw upon is to ask you how different people may rate or describe you. The knack in answering this question during a job interview is to talk up the positive remarks that others may say or have said about you while playing down some of the negative comments.
Always remember not to lie to the interviewee. If your previous boss or colleague at work says that you are really bad at certain skill, avoid mentioning it during the interview. Remember that employers often check references as a condition of offering you a job. A reference that describes you as the complete opposite of how you have described yourself will definitely be a really deal breaker.

7 Great Tips to Survive the Workplace

Sky — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:08:05 +0000

If you are looking to survive the workplace, here are 7 great tips that you will need to bear in mind.
1. Do love the company’s products as well as service. If you don’t love them as an employee, you cannot expect your customers to love them.
2. Understand the history of the company is of great importance for your future development within the company.
3. Make your boss looks good in front of the others keep him or her happy and satisfied with you.
4. Get to know all the secretary in the company as they actually control the operation of the company.
5. Observe salary for positions that requires your skills, qualifications and experience, and you will know your own value on the market place.
6. Keep doing some research about your industry keeps you well informed of the latest trend in the sector.
7. You should be designing your own retreat ever since the first day you enter the company. It is important to know when you should leave the company.

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How to Make The Right Choice for Job

Sky — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:21:54 +0000

When you are preparing to change a job, there are a lot of things for you to consider.
Small difference in salary should not be your key concern as it won’t bring you much help. Instead, you should think about whether the new job can improve your capability or expand the database of your own contacts. Capability and social network are the most valuable asset you should cherish. And along with the pass of time, these asset would become increasingly important. If you take a look at the successful people around you, you will see that almost all of them possess both features.

Over 1600 Jobs Go at Barratts Priceless

Sky — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:06:26 +0000

Until recently, the footwear retailer–Barratts Priceless employed 3840 staff in 191 Barratts and Priceless Shoes stores, plus 374 concessions of which 359 were in Arcadia Group stores.
However, following the administrators’ failure in finding a buyer for company’s concession business, over 1600 staff at Barratts in the UK and Ireland will be made redundant.

10 Taboos to Avoid When Working with Boss

Sky — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:28:31 +0000

To avoid putting your own career on the line, you should try your best to avoid committing the following taboos while on the clock.
1. Bluffing in front of your boss is not wise at all. Many people lied about their skills sets or academic degrees. It is a common crime, that people might find beneficial in a short while. But in the long run, it is definitely a stupid move to take. We find a lot of CEOs, celebrities and ordinary workers alike fired every day for this.
2. Never drive a more expensive and more luxurious car than your boss. Such swagger will do you no good but cause the jealousy of your boss or at least making him/her feel that you like to show off.
3. Do not wear the clothes from brands bigger and more famous than your boss. Try to stay in the same level with your boss when it comes to the issue of personal spending.
4. Never question your boss’ decision in the public as it almost always makes him/her feel humiliated in front of the crowds.
5. Do not join the crowds of people to laugh at your boss and it is of no good to discuss with others about the boss’ private issue.
7. Trying to build up brotherhood with your own boss is a naive thought that a professional staff should never try.
8. Do not attempt to draw the boss cronies, as it would annoy your boss easily.
9. Lying to your boss is one of the best way to successfully lose the trust of your boss. So, unless that is exactly the objective you are looking to achieve, never do it.
10. Never waste your time and energy getting jealousy with the boss.

Plan for a Successful Career Change

Sky — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:29:05 +0000

Just like making any kinds of investment, making a career change needs one to spend some money and time. So, it is important for you to know exactly how you could succeed before making a change. Here are steps you should take in order to increase your chance of success.

1. Decide if you really need a career change
Making a career change is simply finding a new job. It refers to getting a complete makeover of your entire career path into another field, which means that it will be much harder and more complicated. Before considering making a career change, that will greatly impact your life for a while, you will need to decide whether you actually need one.

2. Assess yourself ahead
If you are looking to change your career, you will need to evaluate your own value, skills, personalities as well as interests in advance. These days, there are a number of self assessment tools available online. They could help you figure out whether you fit the new career.

3. Make a list of jobs to explore
Before sending out application letters without specific purposes, you will need to make a complete list of all the occupations to explore ahead. You could gradually shorten your list via eliminating jobs on it after taking self assessment.

4. Explore the occupation left on the list
After narrowing the range of appropriate occupations down, you will need to do further research about the ones left on your list. You should read the job descriptions, educational background as well as other requirement, average salary level and future development, etc. Based on what you’ve learned from the research, you could further pare down your list of possible occupations.

5. Interview your family or friends
The knowledge of an insider could be of great help. Conducting a few interviews with people in a specific sector makes a best way for you to gather more firsthand in-depth information about a job. So, if you are looking learn more about a career that you are interested in, interview your family or friends who are taking relevant jobs in the field.

6. Write detailed career plan
By now, you should have decided which career suits your needs most. You could eliminate all other jobs on your list and start focusing on one. You will need to write a detailed career plan with clear long-term and short-term goals, as well as steps to reach these goals.

7. Get necessary training for your new career
Changing your career means that you are going to start all over again. Your previous working experience and skills might not be quite helpful in the future. As a result, you will need to learn a lot of new things in order to qualify for a new job. Taking courses or doing an internship could both be quite beneficial.

StanChart to Cut 800 Jobs in South Korea

Sky — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:52:11 +0000

Standard Chartered is planning to cut down up to 13% of its work force in South Korea. Executives believe that this will turn out to be the last stage of a painful overhaul of costs and corporate culture that sparked the longest banking strike in South Korea.
The attempts of StanChart to improve its profitability in South Korea via introducing performance-related pay sparked a two-month strike over the summer, roiling a banking sector where salaries are traditionally tied to seniority and length of service. Competing banks are watching StanChart’s clash with its union as a test case that could spark broad labour reforms across the whole banking system in South Korea.

Most Useful Certificates One Need to Find a Job

Sky — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:14:33 +0000

Certificates are necessary, especially when one is looking for a job, as they help clearly demonstrate the capability of the interviewers to the interviewees. There are different types of certificates in the field, some of which are a little bit more useful than the other ones. Here are a list of a few most useful certificates one need to find a job:
NO.1– diploma, degree certificate, second degree certificate; NO.2– computer certificate; NO.3– language certificate; NO.4– Financial class certificate; NO.5– professional qualifications; NO.6– part-time or internship certificates; NO.7– contest winners certificate; NO.8– published papers or patent.

10 Good Habits Freshman in the Workplace Should Take

Sky — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:25:19 +0000

People with good work habits are usually more successful in their careers than the ones with poor working habits as good work habits tend to help one increase his effectiveness and efficiency in their daily work. Good habits form gradually in your routine days. It takes time for the good habits to get reinforced and become part of one’s life.
Here are 10 good habits freshmen in the workplace should develop in order to lead to future success along their career path.

1. Don’t give up easily
Life is never easy. It should be fluctuating all the time, and one might experience good time and devastating periods. The worse thing than failure is negative and even desperate attitudes. If you give up easily and waste your time complaining, you might never reach your final goal.

2. Stop learning and adjusting
Competition in the market place is unavoidable in the modern times. Alert businessmen will keep paying attention to summing up previous experience, learning from such experience and adjusting development directions accordingly. Once you stop learning and adjusting, you start exposing your business to the risk of being eliminated.

3. Start with small things immediately
It is good to establish big future goals. But never give up the chance of starting small. Doing small things is much better than talking big a lot and doing nothing at all. Many people miss a lot of opportunities as they are not willing to start with doing small things right away.

4. Respect everyone
We will all come across great number of people during our lives. Remember to pay equal respect to all of them will pave our way to become a better person and a more successful professional gradually.

5. Do something others dare not try
Good opportunities fade away easily. So, if you are spot some opportunities that is definitely worth taking, don’t simply give the chance up only because others don’t have the courage to try at all. The fact that some opportunities are not good for others doesn’t necessarily mean that they won’t be right for you.

6. Stay “hungry”
If you are looking to be successful at workplace, you shouldn’t be willing to settle down for mediocre life. The sense of being unsatisfied becomes a good motivation for stimulating one to work harder.

7. Don’t make friends with passive person
Basically, if you are looking to achieve great success, you will need to stay positive and active, which means that you could nothing from people with negative attitude. If you get too close to them, their passive thinking might even cast undesired impact on you. Making friends with such kind of person generally do you no good. So, be cautious and get yourself far away from such kind of bad influence.

8. Be brave to take responsibility
Only the ones willing to take responsibilities will be able to show their capability and value, and earn themselves the trust and appreciation by others. So, don’t be afraid of taking responsibility at work. Only in this way, you will gradually develop your leadership style and lead to great success.

9. Learn to prioritize
The capability to prioritize and be multitasking is the key factor that leads to improving working efficiency. It distinguishes a successful professional from the crowds.

10. Stay calm no matter what
To stay calm and keep a clear mind during the messy time is very important. It won’t help at all to get yourself upset and anxious. Good leaders should be cool no matter what and figure out ways out of problems.

Four Types of Luck on Your Career Path

Sky — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:47:14 +0000

On your path of career development, encountering the following situations could be treated as having great luck:

1. Having your first job working for a company that set the benchmark in certain industry sector. It gives you a great opportunity to plan for your future and establish your own professional framework;

2. Reporting to a boss that have high level of leadership, who will encourage you to keep trying new things and are willing to train you;

3. Encountering a number of colleagues, who still have dreams, new ideas and willing to work hard to achieve the goals;

4. Building up a personal social network out of your workplace with like-minded people. Such high quality contacts would be of great help in the future.