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Interview Preparation

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                                        Plan Your Answers to Interview Questions During a job interview , how you speak or say things is important. However, what you actually say is even more important. This is because anything you say during a j ob interview helps serve to verify your knowledge in a specific domain. Your answers to interview questions will show your prospective employer if you are prepared and qualified for the job you are applying for. You can indeed prepare yourself for a job interview because generally there are some fixed questions that are asked that you can anticipate and formulate an answer beforehand. However, avoid setting up rigid answers. Have in mind a certain strategy, a plan for your responses so that you can adjust them on the spot. During the interview , do not worry if you pause to collect and organize your thoughts before continuing to answer. These pauses show that you have not learned your answers by heart. In short, your prospective em

Constructive And Destructive Criticism

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The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results   Criticism is inevitable and sooner or later everyone will be approached by some one who will say something negative about us. There are many people who are not tactful and very inconsiderate about other people's feelings. There are others who are on a mission to bring sadness and pain and they find comfort in defaming others. The good book says, "death and life are in the power of the tongue". Words can either make you or break you so the next time anyone attacks you rest assured that you have the strength and ability to bounce back. So what is one to do when faced with criticism? well, this has worked for me and I hope it will help you too. Step 1. Think Before You Speak When people give us criticism on something that we do, whether positive or negative, it affects us.  When you are angry, upset, or frustrated, it is often possible that you will say things without thinking; things that could hurt and

Top Five Illnesses You May Get From Using Computers

  Computer Related Illnesses--In today’s era, most of the activities are being done with a computer. You research with a computer, you do online banking and online transactions, you can even control different machines with the use of computers and a lot more. Thus, a computer is a very essential tool in today’s generation. Without it, life and work will not be too easy.   However, being in front of the computer with prolonged period of times pose serious risks to your health. Indeed that some of them are only minor injuries or just minor discomfort. However, there are some injuries that are very serious that may lead to medical operation or disability.   For that reason, it is very important to know those injuries for you to protect yourself and be aware of it so that there is a possibility of prevention. Here are the most common injuries you may get while working on the computer.   Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It is one of the most common ailments relating to

Workplace Atmostphere

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Creating a Positive Atmosphere in the Workplace There is a time and place to discuss your ideas, concerns and grievances about the company you work for. It is important that you know how to discuss these effectively rather than create a negative environment in the company cafeteria or a company meeting. Meetings are designed to discuss the topics on an agenda. It is important to stay on topic in any meeting . If you are concerned about how something is being done and it is not on the agenda, either speak to the meeting administrator before the meeting starts and see if your topic can be added to the agenda or set up your own meeting to discuss your topic. Some topics should not be discussed in an open format. If a company has a don’t tell policy about how much a person makes, airing your dissatisfaction about it or requesting a pay increase should be done with the person who can actually help to provide solutions. Telling other people how horribly you are paid will only bree

Office Work Outs

A typical daily routine of an employee is to wake up in the morning, prepare one’s self for the day, go to work for eight to ten hours, go back home and sleep. This is repeated five times a day for a year for the rest of his working life. In this scenario, it can be clearly seen that the life of an average employee is very sedentary – always on the desk and without exercise. Most employees admit it and they argue that they didn’t have the time to go to the gym or any facilities to exercise and workout. For that reason, their sedentary lifestyle always resulted to back pain, wrist pain, stiff neck, overweight and other health conditions. However, what these employees didn’t know is that there are simple exercises that can be done in the office, while working.  Indeed it is true; thus, continue reading to find out what are these exercises that can be done inside the office without having to write a written reprimand to your superiors.   The simplest thing to do is stretching . You

Job Search Organization

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The Value of Being Organized During a Job Search You will be inundated with all sorts of paperwork, correspondence, documents and important files the moment you begin your search for a job. Job hunting involves contacting and communicating with a number of companies and key persons so you will have a lot of letters for every job position you are applying for. It also means you have a lot of appointments to keep track of. If you're aggressive in your job search , you have a lot of data that you have to have on file. If you are applying for different positions , you would have different versions of your resume as well as cover letters that specifically target the different positions . And if you did your assignment, you would have brochures and other pieces information of each company you are interested to work for. You would also have appointment letters, referrals and other important documents needed for each job application . Now imagine having all these papers stac

How To Succeed On Your Next Job Interview

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  Job Interview Self-Evaluation Follow each of your job interviews immediately by a self-evaluation. After you get out of the interviewing room, you should have a pretty good idea of what the result would be -- whether you will get the job or not. Analyze, Recall Questions In case it doesn't look like you made the cut at the job interview , then analyze what went wrong from your side. Recall the questions you were asked and the answers you gave while they are still fresh in your memory. Recall your responses to each question, how you stated them, and what you think your interviewers liked and disliked. Sit and list the positive and negative things you did during your j ob interview . Strive to be objective when analyzing yourself because this self-evaluation will help you a great deal in future job interviews. Learn From Positive And Negative Things Don't be discouraged if you realize that you did more negative things than positive ones. Knowing and recognizing th