Category Archives: Employment

How to Successfully Negotiate a Higher Salary

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Generally, women are paid less than men for the same work across the world and in almost every industry. Yet some businesses–especially startups–are reducing the gap and are having some remarkable success with Millennial women. This recent study by the jobs site Hired showed that Millennial women are getting higher salaries–about 7 percent more on average–than their male counterparts. Now, pointing out pay inequities for women is not meant, of course, to flip the trend. However, this increase is an interesting and encouraging data point. Read More

3 smart answers to stupid interview questions

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We have hit a strange period in the working world. We are waking up to the obvious fact that people go to work, and not machines. We don’t need to adopt machine scripts or to stop being human just because we are at work. Work is a human place, and we can celebrate that fact, rather than pretend that people operate the same way machines do.  Read More

These Will Be The Top Jobs In 2025 (And The Skills You’ll Need To Get Them)

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Two-thirds of Americans believe that, in 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work humans now do. The World Economic Forum’s 2016 report, The Future of Jobs, estimates that 5 million jobs will be lost to automation by 2020 and that the number will keep growing. Jobs that once seemed like “safe bets”—office workers and administrative personnel, manufacturing, and even law—will be hit hardest, the report estimates. Read More

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10 Things to do to Get Selected in an Interview

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An interview is a process in which organizations shortlist the good ones and selects the best. However ‘who is the best?’ has always a question for the candidates. Things are pretty simple, but we are so nervous while preparing for the interview that we miss these small points. A famous man very rightly said, “Successful people aren’t alien, they just be themselves”. Read More

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These 3 Things Will Help You Find a Job Faster

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Most people dread the idea of looking for a new job–and for good reason. If the endless, time-consuming online applications don’t suck the life out of you, the feelings of insecurity (When will they contact me? Why didn’t they choose me?) will push you over the edge. This is why so many people stay in jobs they don’t like. They can’t motivate themselves to do the overwhelming, confidence-crushing work it takes to find a better job. Read More

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