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Tips for Your First Day at a New Job

After months and months of job hunting, you may have finally found something and the relief is palpable. However, the excitement of getting selected for the new job may soon be replaced by some nervousness at the time of joining your new office. Here is some career advice to take into account when starting your first day at a new job.

7 Tips For Getting A Pay Hike

Very few people actually enjoy asking for a raise. Unfortunately, it happens to be an essential part of career advancement. Many employers simply will not pay you more until you ask for more. After all, if you are willing to work for less, who are they to argue? If you want that raise, you are therefore going to have to build up the courage to ask for it. Here are seven tips for getting the ‘yes’.

How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Telecommute

Although just about everyone has fantasized about telecommuting during the morning rush hour, very few people manage to make working at home a reality. Provided you meet the requirements in terms of both your personality and your job description, there is little reason why you cannot be one of them. All you have to do is to get your boss on board with the idea. Here are nine tips for doing just that.

Three Key Components of Running a Successful Meeting

Meetings are an unavoidable part of everyone’s working life and knowing how to make them successful is an essential skill for all vocations. A well run meeting can be an efficient, productive and even enjoyable work activity. Prepare, manage and follow up effectively and your meetings will be extremely successful.

Prevention of Conflicts in Workplace Settings

You can bet your bottom dollar that conflicts will no doubt arise in the office, on the factory floor and within sales staff. Is conflict good, bad or necessary? Conflict is not a bad thing in itself. Conflicts can often result in resolution of issues. Yet, conflicts and conflict resolution can cause a lot of discord and wasted energy in any and all workplaces, businesses and organizations.

5 Tips For Women Juggling A Family And Career Without Going Insane!

So you’ve been granted the “Most Productive Employee” plaque at your job…7 months in a row. Great, right? Not if burning the midnight oil meant having to neglect your family in the process. Before you go crazy, quit your job, and start searching Google in order to produce some sort of income, take a deep breath. Relax. It’s time to prioritize- without going insane.