Rules of email etiquette: The dos and don’ts March 20, 2014 From being brief to minding your manners, here’s what you need to know NO ONE needs telling that email is taking over our lives. A recent Radicati study predicted the total number of worldwide email accounts will increase to over 4.9bn by 2017. And in 2013, the majority of traffic came from business, accounting for [...]
It’s time to banish corporate jargon March 19, 2014 Buzzwords and management-speak are not only bad for business, but for your career too CAN WE drill down in the thought shower?” If this sentence makes sense to you, you could be under jargon’s wicked spell. And according to Deloitte, businesspeople are among the worst offenders when it comes to using pompous or inflated language. [...]
How to beat that afternoon slump March 18, 2014 Battling to keep your eyes open at 3pm? Here’s how to boost your post-lunch productivity EMPLOYERS are going to great lengths to keep staff alert throughout the day. Google and P&G have invested in “EnergyPods” – chairs designed for power naps in the office. Others are creating “social workplaces,” with afternoon ice cream contests and skateboarding competitions. [...]
The five interview gaffes to avoid March 17, 2014 How you perform will determine whether you get your dream job. Here’s what not to do FROM asking to be paid “in cash” to hugging the prospective boss, eager applicants can make fatal errors in the interview process. Aside from the basic mistakes like failing to do their homework or not looking up the interviewer [...]
There are rays of hope in a sluggish City jobs market November 28, 2012 CONSIDERING the current employment climate in the City, and the ruthless job cuts hitting the headlines, you would be forgiven for considering packing your bags and taking an early retirement in the country. A report released by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants last week showed that investment banks are set to lose another 40,000 jobs in [...]
Smart offices need stylish furnishings October 24, 2012 WHEN you have prestigious offices, you need an aesthetic to match. International law firm McDermott Will & Emery, which has offices in the stylish Heron Tower – the tallest tower in London at one point – were looking for an exceptional fit-out when they moved into the building last year. It was the first occupier [...]
Headhunting a headhunter can help boost your career October 10, 2012 THE recruitment profession has acquired a bad name over the past few years – a consequence of the commoditisation of the process, a decline in the quality of customer service and a shrinking of the jobs market. Committing to give a portion of your salary to a recruitment agency may be a hard pill to [...]
New offices were a safe bet for Coral October 10, 2012 THE ONE Stratford Place development is a 130,000 square feet grade A office complex, at the Westfield shopping centre in east London. The site is a stone’s throw away from the Olympic Village. Coral, the bookmaker, was the first occupier to move into the development. The company made the move from its former headquarters, about [...]
Negotiate your future with your job contract May 30, 2012 NEGOTIATING an employment contract, whether you’re about to start a new role or renegotiating an existing package, can be a daunting prospect. Receiving a job offer brings mixed feelings for most people, as many agonise over the terms of the offer and whether to take the plunge into negotiating a better deal. Others are so [...]
Redundant need not mean obsolete if managed calmly May 2, 2012 REDUNDANT isn’t the kindest of words. Synonymous with unwanted, inessential and obsolete, a redundant employee can be forgiven for feeling negative. Redundancy itself is often just the terminal act of a long played-out drama, the culmination of months of anxiety as the final curtain falls. But such understandable feelings need not reflect impending disaster. A [...]