Working from home is a concept that has only recently been popularised. With the advent of technology and all the advances which allow us to communicate with multiple people across geographical boundaries, working from home and working with a team are no more mutually exclusive…
We all love stories, whether they are in the form of books, movies or the yarns that our mother spun for us. Stories make our lives interesting, and ones like the Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings and Sherlock Holmes often have us wondering…
So you’ve stumbled onto this post because of you’re interested in the prospect of working from home, right? What if told you that I had the answers to all your wishes. Imagine a job which gives freedom over time. Great, right? Why look for other…
The ability to communicate effectively is one of the most important characteristics a person must have to succeed, be it to land a job or to climb the corporate ladder. Intelligence or academic prowess has little value without the ability to express your ideas in…
The choice between staying at home to take care of the kids full time versus continuing a gruelling corporate job is one every working professional woman faces after she becomes a mother. It’s not an easy choice, especially since it’s between being around your child…
Writing an article like this is just asking for trouble. Already I can hear one reader asking, “Why do you need ‘just’?” Another suggesting that ‘like’ should be replaced by ‘such as’. Yet another saying, “Fancy using a cliché like ‘asking for trouble!’ “. In…
Communication is important everywhere – not only at your place of work but at home too. Miscommunication or failing to communicate something can lead to problems ranging anywhere from getting a probation warning at your job to a divorce with your spouse. Knowing how to…
An idiom is a group of words which, when used together, has a different meaning from the one which the individual words have. Idioms are used to express something that other words do not express as clearly or as cleverly. Like using a symbol or…
You are a hard worker at your frim but lately, your career progression seems to be slowing down? You have been eyeing a promotion, but you don’t know how well you have performed better than your colleagues. Do you want to stand out? Do you…
We’re sure that you’ve heard some career guru explain the fact that you need to sell yourself in a job interview. But in the race where everyone is trying to sell themselves, how do you stand out? What are those simple tricks that can be…