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The First 100 Days in A New Job – Make Them Count!
Individuals in a new position are thrust into the spotlight, with high pressure to perform. How can you make the…
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“Why Do You Want to be a Leader?” Master this Interview Question
Potential management candidates are tested thoroughly during the interview process. If you have the ambition to become an executive, you…
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Being assertive in the workplace
Being Assertive in the workplace is a frequently misunderstood concept as there is many of us who confuse assertiveness with…
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The Chosen One
5 Interview Questions Your New Team Will Ask
In interview situations, you won’t just meet the HR manager – you’ll be invited to impress the team that you’ll be leading, who are ready to judge you at a moment’s notice. Answer these 5 interview questions cleverly, and you’ll definitely start off on the right foot. Click on ALLOW button to have access to…
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It’s all about your attitude
Ask the Headhunter: “You won’t get hired if you act fired!”
Is getting fired a state of mind? While it is a given that, if you are fired, particularly from a senior position, it may lead to feelings of work rejection and will surely not feel great. But moving on to find a new position needs a more positive and open mindset. You’ve heard the conventional wisdom:…
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How to Make the Most of Professional Disappointment
How to deal with work rejection
Plenty of managers or people vying for the next career step tend to go through a sine curve of emotions at various points in their careers. Maybe it is your new big idea that got turned down, or the fact that you got ignored for the promotion you had been secretly expecting. Worse still, the person you least…
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Making a plan of action
Establishing Career Goals to Achieve Your Dreams
If you’re looking to move forward in your career, it’s important to have a vision for your future. No matter what position you’re in now, establishing career goals can steer you in the right direction of where you want to go and can lead you to success. Without career goals, you can stay complacent and…
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Headhunters Reveal 5 Top Tips for Professional Success in 2019
To provide you with the best insights on how to improve your career in 2019 we asked headhunters: What are the five best tips to help senior candidates achieve professional success this year? The beginning of the new year is high season, not only for skiers and snowboarders, but also for headhunters, senior managers that…
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How to evaluate your strengths & weaknesses for ultimate career success
Tips on Writing Self-Assessments for the End of the Year
As here self-assessment, also known as a self-appraisal or self-evaluation, gives employees the opportunity to share with their manager the work they have done since their last review, how they have performed on those tasks, areas they feel they can improve on, and what their supervisors can do to help them perform their job better. Given…
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Going off the Grid!
Permanent Availability on the Job
Being available at all hours is extremely important for many companies, but does this mean that employees have no right to switch off? Why shutting off your Smartphone and going “off the grid” should be allowed. Honestly, was it necessary to send that last email on Friday at 9:17pm? Could you not have sent that…
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The importance of values in the workplace
Ancient success strategy: value-oriented leadership
The former Benedictine monk Anselm Bilgri, along with the Andechs monastery in Germany, managed an enterprise worth millions – following an ancient rule of order. Which leadership values are really successful and what are the key roles they play in employee job motivation? The monk who led a company worth millions The great interest of…
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Stuck in a rut at work?
4 Strategies to Give Your Career New Direction
You arrive at work and get your first cup of coffee. As it’s sitting on your desk, still steaming, you start daydreaming about your plans for the evening. Sound familiar? If so, you may be stuck in a rut at work. It’s an easy problem to ignore, after all it’s terribly cozy in the comfort…
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The most wonderful time of the year…
Holiday Etiquette in the Office
This is the soppy time of the year when you have the chance to let people in your life know how important they are to you: family, of course, friends, for sure and …office colleagues? Yes of course for networking and then the next senior position or promotion. OK, also so that you can breathe in…