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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…“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…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…The Biggest Lie of HR Recruiters? “We’ll Be In Touch.”
Why do so many people hate politics? Is it the performance? Is it the candidates? Is it the awful and mildly uncreative advertisements? Actually, it’s the double-speak. The fact of the matter is that, today, the general public equates political double-speak with definite equivocation. A party with something to hide. A candidate who will renege…
Finding Your Better Half
You might have a secret admirer waiting for you – are you ready to find your perfect match? Click on ALLOW button to have access to more exciting career news!
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…