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The Mechanics of Working in the Automotive Industry

For many, working under the hood of a car doesn’t sound like an ideal situation. In fact, thoughts of car trouble make most people shudder. But a career in the automotive industry can be a great option for people who enjoy building and fixing things (while earning a decent paycheck with excellent perks). Working and

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Online Performance Review Tools

Employee Performance Reviews are an essential strategy for staff development. In the ‘old days’ they were done using paper, or (if you were lucky) spreadsheets, but now there are online tools to speed the whole process up and make it work for employer and employee. Here are some of them.

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3 Language Strategies for Building Rapport with Colleagues and Clients

People like people like themselves. This is a well-researched (and often written about) fact. Did you know there is a way to build rapport with colleagues or clients by mirroring their language?You might have already heard about ‘mirroring’ body-language to build rapport (if not, then check out my post 7 Ways To Become Liked in

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8 Ways to Improve Your Business Writing Style

Nowadays, we all do ‘business writing’. I don’t just mean crafting clever prose for marketing purposes, or snappy powerpoint presentations. Email, memos and even instant messaging are examples of business writing too. To communicate clearly, effectively (and impressively), it’s important to get these things right!

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Pain In The Pocket: Consider Cost Of Living Before Moving Cities For A Job

Are you tempted by Bright Lights… Big City? Whilst it’s true that the most varied pool of well-paid and progressive jobs can be found in the metropolis, moving there for work is not always great for the pocket. Here, you can discover the Cost Of Living in a city before you move.

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Looking For A New Job? Here Are 8 In Demand Careers For The Future

With the economy struggling, many job-hunters are looking for a new career that can last. They need to find out what are the best jobs for the future. Here are the careers that are forecast for strong growth over the next decade, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics projections through 2016.

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It’s Time To Prepare For Your Annual Performance Appraisal… (yes it is!)

If you’re like me, then you’ll be looking forward to a relaxing holiday season. Not longer after we return to work, we’ll be facing our annual performance appraisal! So not to be caught in the headlights, now is a great time to easily prepare for our appraisal.

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Which Are The Fastest Growing Careers (and How Do You Join Them?)

Guess what? The information technology (IT) and health care industries offer the fastest growing careers. And they’re clamoring for more skilled workers. How can you become one of them?Everyone dreams of a career with a handsome salary, one promising boundless growth and loads of opportunities. But these careers belong to a privileged few, and they

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What To Do When You Have Messed Up At Work

If we didn’t make mistakes, we wouldn’t be human. Still, when we mess up at work we often find ourselves in a sticky, embarrassing situation. So here are some tips I’ve used that can get the mess cleared up.The first, and best advice I can share is: DON’T PANIC. (I’ve learned this from painful experience.)

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10 Subtle Ways of Standing Out at a Job Interview

The interview is the last step between you and your dream job. Countless applicants have applied for the job, but there is only one position available. You need interviewing skills which make you shine above the competition. Here are 10 subtle ways to make yourself stand out above the other applicants.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity.

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Quiet Leadership: Six Steps to Transforming Performance at Work

If you have ever wondered why some teams consistently demonstrate high performance and achievement of its objectives (and why some don’t) you have probably experienced great leadership by a leader who understands his or her team.

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How to Maximize Your Performance Appraisal Score

Your Performance Appraisal is a point in time where a) you’re assessed on how well you have done against objectives you have been set, as well as b) it being an opportunity for you and your manager to provide feedback to each other about your behaviors, skills and achievements during the review period.

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Would YOU Give Someone a BAD Performance Appraisal?

If you perform Performance Appraisals with your team, then it’s likely you have needed to give someone ‘bad’ feedback. But did you follow through? Giving someone a bad review is not easy (it’s hellish!) but it’s also very necessary if we have the reviewees best interests at heart.

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To Totally Rock Your Performance at Work, Your Self-Esteem is Key

The Key Influencing Factor in your performance at work is not your skills, your status, your experience. It isn’t even who you know, or who knows you. All these things are important, but there is something fundamental that is required to make all these things attain value. It is your Self-Esteem.

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