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Moving to Qatar: Benefits for Relocating and Tips for Settling In

Guest Blogger — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:00:05 +0000

Relocating to a different culture can be a traumatic experience for you and your family. Are you struggling to set up a new life in the Middle East? How can you help your child to adjust to the new...

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Boosting Your Mood and Productivity at Work

Danielle — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:09:54 +0000

It’s Called “Work” for a Reason You don’t often run across articles titled “How to Improve Your Emotional State and Enjoy Your Vacation” or “Increase Your...

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Blog Hack

Fernando — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 05:13:51 +0000

32 Hours ago, malicious code infected 2 of the blog’s subdomains and started blasting email and comment spam. As soon as this was detected, tech support took the site down to avoid...

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Making Your Business More Environmentally Friendly

Danielle — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:10:20 +0000

Your business’ success doesn’t just revolve around your product, marketing, staffing or other decisions related to what you’re selling. It also depends on how you run your business,...

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ZOHO Free Invoices

WilliamAlleman — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:31:35 +0000

Zoho has the best free invoice software that is on the market today, but that is not the only reason to trust your business to Zoho. The invoice software that is bringing new customers to Zoho is...

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How to Become a Phlebotomist?

Guest Blogger — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:35:29 +0000

A phlebotomist is a professional, who is responsible for collecting blood samples from patients, so that these can be tested in laboratories. They must maintain the highest of professional standards,...

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Get Back in the Classroom & Back Into Life!

Danielle — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:35:58 +0000

Embracing Life’s Changes We often experience life’s changes as anxious or threatening. At times, even contemplation of different options seems too much to consider on our own. Yet, our...

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What You Need to Know Before you Become an Entrepreneur

Danielle — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:41:54 +0000

Some people dream of starting their own business. Are you one of them? Before you start your new career as an entrepreneur, consider these tips. Choose an Industry You want to make money and you know...

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Building Better Bridges: Your Team, Your Triumph

Guest Blogger — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:08:16 +0000

One scarcely needs to be Sherlock Holmes to be aware that management hinges on people. In the same way that marriage isn’t simply about getting on with your partner, it’s about learning and accepting...

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4 Professional Development Methods You Must Try

Guest Blogger — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:35:08 +0000

Companies everywhere are spending thousands of dollars every year to ensure that their employees stay on top of their game. The times have changed and business is not just profit making strategies...

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Mind the Gap: Reasons to Take a Year Off After High School

Danielle — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:49:42 +0000

The traditional educational track has high school students entering into college right away, if they plan to go. In fact, many parents are leery of watching their children delay college out of the...

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Cover Your Bases During a Period of Unemployment

Danielle — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:05:51 +0000

Losing a job is jarring and disappointing, but unfortunately for the recently released, there’s no time to take it easy for a few days while you gather your bearings and grieve your loss....

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Styles of Learning: Series Part 2

Danielle — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:28:11 +0000

In the first part of our “Styles of Learning” series, we examined how different learning styles can create certain advantages for both students and professionals, and how many people let...

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Considering Online MBA? – Here are the Top 5 Programs For You

Guest Blogger — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:49:10 +0000

There are numerous MBA programs available. There are also online programs where you can study online form the course materials available on the website of the school and earn your degree. This is...

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8 Steps to Write a Convincing CV of a Doctor

Guest Blogger — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:38:37 +0000

Is a CV different from a resume? Sure, both contain important information about your qualifications, skills and others but there is a big difference. Your CV is a living document that you must...

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Styles of Learning: Series Part 1

Danielle — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:25:25 +0000

By the time students gather into a classroom and take their seats, inequalities have already started to develop. Some students will be granted an inside track to learning and excelling in this...

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Train to Perform

Guest Blogger — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:00:52 +0000

How long should you accept sub-par performance from employees or subordinate managers before you begin to train them towards better performance or consider the need to hire somebody new to replace...

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How to Be a Valuable Employee

Guest Blogger — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:45:31 +0000

Sounds simple enough – if you go to work, do your job well enough and with little drama then good things will come your way in the corporate world. Maybe that was true 25 years or more ago, but that...

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How to Give Your Employees a Great Break Room

Danielle — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:00:50 +0000

In many companies, the break room is an afterthought. After all, employees do their real work at their desks, not while they eat lunch. Actually, the break room may be the most important room in your...

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Rising Together: The Importance of Employee Appreciation

Fernando — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:09:12 +0000

If JM Barrie was right, “The secret of happiness in not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” In a perfect world everyone would have the perfect job, the perfect employer and be the...

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Holiday Onboarding Etiquette

Danielle — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:13:34 +0000

Starting a job during the holiday season can have an unsettled feel to it. While you’re just getting into gear at your new workplace, many of your co-workers are getting into holiday mode,...

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Guest Post on Organization Survival Playbook: Putting a Face on Distance Relationships in the Workplace

Fernando — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:10:14 +0000

One of the most palpable characteristics of the XXI century workpace is its reliance on outsourced services. As communication costs plummet, companies are resorting to covering their internal needs...

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What All Do You Need to Know about FATCA – US Expat Tax Update

Guest Blogger — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:33:50 +0000

Guest Post by Brenda L. - If you are a citizen of United States then you should be well versed about the fact that you need to file a yearly tax return with the IRS, irrespective of where you...

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How To Perform Reverse Telephone Number Search For Companies?

Guest Blogger — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:52:05 +0000

Guest post - There are so many instances of frauds and cheats that we hear and read about everyday. Numerous fraud companies make use of telemarketing calls for scams. Well, the chances are quite...

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The Top 5 Self-Help Books

Guest Blogger — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:28:04 +0000

How To Think More About Sex By Alain de Botton - £7.99, panmacmillan.com In-depth and extremely honest, de Botton asserts that the book is designed to navigate sex, from the intimate and exciting to...

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Tips on How to Network at Your First Ever Business Conference

Guest Blogger — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:12 +0000

Guest Post by BestNursingSchools.net - Essential Tips on How to Network at Your First Ever Business Conference A business conference can be a valuable networking opportunity for many entrepreneurs...

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Six Things You Can Do With an MBA

Guest Blogger — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:13:42 +0000

Guest Post by Abel Comstock- The number of candidates with bachelor’s degrees are about as common as high school graduates were, back in generations past. Job applicants who have bachelor’s...

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8 Tips for Your First Ever Job Interview

Guest Blogger — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:54:59 +0000

Guest Post by Brenda Lyttle- Going for you first job interview? That’s the reason why you are on the edge, and understandably so! Everyone goes through this phase and many make unpardonable mistakes...

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Where are all those payroll and tax deductions actually going? [infographic]

Danielle — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:41:40 +0000

Every time I look at my paystub, it seems like the list of taxes and fees doubles in size. Maybe it’s due to the fact that the deductions listed seem mysterious and I never know what any of...

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The Organization Survival Playbook Launches on Friday

Fernando — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:16:45 +0000

I first met Charlee Hanna through Twitter. We started following each other half a year ago and ever since, we’ve established a very fluent communication and she’s become one of the top...

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How To Manage Your Favorite Slacker – 6 Ways to Turn Slackers Into Productive Employees

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How to Deal With Stress at Work

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5 Tips for Surviving Office Politics

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The dawn of a new epoch in Earth's history?
Geologists from the University of Leicester -including a Nobel prize-winner- suggest that the Earth has entered a new age of geological time. They've called it the Anthropocene Epoch (New Man Epoch). The paper has been published in the Environmenta

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The Golden Rule for New Managers
Wether you are stepping for the first time into a management position or you are switching companies there is a common mistake you can not afford to make. Making changes during your first weeks at the helm. This can be learned the easy or the hard