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Whisper: Bad Debts Made Me Jobless
I was a habitual gambler. I racked up plenty of debts from the banks and turned to illegal sources like loan sharks when I was desperate. I was spiralling downhill. I have no family or friends to speak of. Everyone abandoned me. They despised me, hated me even. I couldn’t hold a job for more…
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4 Ways to Prevent Yourself from Getting Complacent at Work
It is not uncommon for many of us to become complacent at work, especially if we managed to secure the job of our dreams. As much as possible, we will not do anything to cause us to lose the job and get involved actively in workplace affairs. However, staying complacent at work is not very…
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Tell Me Your Worst Boss
Talking about worst bosses, I had ask some of my friends all over the world in different industries and collected some of the stories below. See if you can identify your worst boss’s traits in one of the 8 stories below.
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A Word Of Advice: I have An Unsympathetic Boss
Dear Kally, I don’t know what to do. I’m so desperate for your advice. Any advice you can give me right now and I will take it. Please share my story on MiddleMe so someone can advise me as well. I’m going through a rough time now. My Mother recently passed on from cancer. We…
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3 Things All Great Leaders Have In Common
Great leaders today are successful and famous. That does not mean that people can not be great leaders in their office, community or town. The greatness of a leader depends to a large degree on how they treat their followers and everybody else they deal with on a daily basis. Natural talent and a mindset…
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Learning To Let Go Of Things Don’t Matter As Much As Your Sanity
Wow! That’s a mouthful piece of a title! I learned to let go of trying to fix the title into something catchier. And perhaps shorter. As it goes, it doesn’t matter as much as the content that goes in this article.
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5 Sure-Fire Ways To Become the Job Candidate Recruiters Want to Poach
You might think that the idea of a recruiter poaching you from your current job to work in a perfect company with an ideal job, benefits, and salary to be a little far-fetched. While it’s true that such a situation doesn’t happen every day, such cases aren’t as rare as one might think.
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4 Employee Perks that Won’t Bust The Budget of SMEs
Even though there are many factors that contribute to the success of a company, employee satisfaction does play a pivotal role. After all, happy employees are an imperative part of keeping a business going.
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Automating HR: A Luxury Or Must-Have?
Technology is now becoming a vital asset for businesses because it enables them to become more efficient than they usually are with traditional methods. Nowadays, there is a specific type of technology that caters to a certain part of the business.
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8 Types of Interview You Will Come Across In Your Lifetime
I used to fear interviews. Interviews gave me butterflies in the stomach when I was early in the workforce.
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A Word Of Advice: Money Or My Soul?
Hey ya, Kally, I read so many great things about you and I thought I’d throw in my problem for you to solve as well. Really, I’m at the end of the road here. I have been working for my company for almost 9 years. That is since graduation. Never once I love my job.…
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How To Choose Your 1st Job When You Graduate
Congratulations! You have graduated. So now what happens? Do you continue to take higher education? Or do you start working? Or do you pack up and move to a totally rad city that you always want to live in? Or maybe take a year-long trip to explore the world?
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Guest Post: How Bringing Your Own Device (BYOD) to Work Affects the Workplace
Michael is a wonderful friend and an amazing writer. As much as I am overwhelmed by daily stuff in my life, I always make it a point to read his posts at least twice a week. His posts are thought-provoking and more than often, leaves me hanging for more. Here is one of his best…
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8 Types Of Work-Related Stress
For every employee, business owner, or head officials, work can stress you out; especially on instances where you are trying to meet a target or you are going to close an important deal.
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Signs That Your Job is Making You Seriously Depressed
Work depression can hit anyone at any given moment. Recently, one of my friends was diagnosed with depression derived from work-related stress. Fortunately for him, his employers were alerted to his displayed signs of depression and managed to convince him to seek help immediately.
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Welcome To The Jungle
Power hungry world is always leeching to those who are successful. The more successful you are, the higher you climb, the more people around you want to get you down. Why? It’s the only way they can climb up.
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A Word Of Advice: I Hide My Depression
Dearest Kally, I’ll go straight to the point. I’m someone who is diagnosed with a clinical depression. While I don’t want to go into details on my illness, I do identify my need to seek help.
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8 Reasons That You Are Better Employee Than Your Boss
Most of us are an employee at one time or other. Some of us have the good fortune to work with best bosses while some of us are tortured under incompetent ones. In case, you are currently working with a bad boss, here is some key identifying behavior that says volumes about what a great…
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How To Work With Bosses From Hell And Remain Unscathed
Throughout my career, I am blessed with wonderful bosses that taught me so much about life and business. Many of them became personal friends as well as mentors. But the ones I learned the most from are the bosses from hell. For one, I learned to grit my teeth, simmer my anger, prolong my patience…
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