Five tips for successful telecommuting

n current times, people are increasingly working from home offices, even when they work for big corporations. This trend is called telecommuting, or working virtual. For those who have the freedom to work in this capacity, there is great freedom. Many enjoy the concept of going to work while still in ... Continue Reading

How to Convince Someone to Give You a Job Even If They Are Not Hiring

Let Them Know What You Can Offer! Business owners NEED TO HIRE YOU… they just don’t know it yet! This article will walk you through just a few scenarios to teach you how you can get someone to hire you. Once you get the idea, I think you will be on ... Continue Reading

Signs that you hate your job

If you are pondering the idea of possibly moving on from your job, you have probably already noticed a sign or two that show you that everything isn’t as you would like it to be in your professional life. However, in these turbulent times when jobs are hard to come ... Continue Reading

Rescue deal salvages office supplies group Vasanta and 1500 jobs

Vasanta, the office supplies company that employs 1,500 people, has staved off collapse after securing a £30m cash investment from a syndicate lead by private equity group Endless. By Peter Taylor Published: 6:28PM BST 21 Jul 2009 Endless, a “turnaround” specialist, will take a 71pc stake in the company, with the other 29pc held by ... Continue Reading

Turbine factory workers seize office over job losses

Workers due to lose their jobs with the closure of Britain’s only major wind turbine factory last night seized control of the firm’s offices. By Matthew Moore Published: 7:00AM BST 21 Jul 2009 Between 20 and 30 employees barricaded themselves inside the Vestas building near Cowes on the Isle of Wight. They ... Continue Reading

Work, Life — and Blogging the Balance

“There’s no such thing as work-life balance.” That’s what former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch recently told the Society for Human Resource Management at its annual conference. “There are work-life choices,” he said, “and you make them, and they have consequences.” Mr. Welch’s comments reverberated across the Web as ... Continue Reading

Record UK unemployment figures will get worse warn economists

The number of unemployed people is expected to peak at around 3m during the first half of 2010 The number of jobless rose to 2.38m in the three months to the end of May according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the worst figure since 1995. It followed a record quarterly increase ... Continue Reading

Shh! Keep your personal life private

You know best about your boss, your co-workers and your workplace’s culture, but, in general, don’t talk about your personal life in the office when it’s: Unnecessary. Stop thinking that you “owe” it to the boss or your employer or your co-workers to let them know about something that’s happening in ... Continue Reading

A career to savour: Mark Saxby’s job as a chef

During his career as a chef, Mark Saxby has travelled to exotic destinations around the globe and prepared luxury meals for VIPs and members of the royal family. Today, 43-year-old Mark is in charge of 74 kitchens across Britain, catering for hundreds of thousands of people every year. But you won’t see ... Continue Reading

Preoccupations: Finding a Job of His Own Dreaming

LAST November, I was laid off from a database marketing company in Louisville, Colo., a Denver suburb, for economic reasons. Six months later, I found another position, at Kutenda, a provider of online marketing tools for small businesses, in Broomfield, Colo., also near Denver. Kevin Moloney for The New York Times After ... Continue Reading

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