Careers

How to disagree politely?

Refuting someone’s opinion or belief is a tricky thing to do. If not done well, it can border on being rude or impolite. Yes, even when disagreeing with someone, you need to be careful of doing it well and politely. This is one of the key skills of spoken English. Speaking in English is not just [...]

How To Keep Your Career Resolutions

Have you made a New Year’s resolutions yet for your career? How will you ensure you make good on them?Forty-nine percent of Americans admitted that their resolutions for 2010 ended in “no change,” according to a survey done in Jan. 2011 by the Barna Group. Would you believe that only five percent of people make a career [...]

4 Ways to Negotiate a Better Compensation Agreement.

Over the last few years, unemployment levels have reached record highs. The natural inclination for many graduates seeking jobs was to accept the first offer they received — with little regard to negotiating key elements of their employment. When you read statistics like, “In 2013, 77% of the jobs created were part-time” and “In 2011, [...]

How to talk to your boss for the first time?

It’s that time of your life when you are freshly out of college and looking forward to start your career. You face interview rounds and finally get selected for your first job. You are excited, happy, confident, and a little anxious of meeting your boss. Generally, according to the traditional levels of management, it is [...]

How to talk on phone with a foreign client?

Your company has newly merged with a foreign client and your business has gone global. Now, you will encounter time differences as well as language barriers while talking to your clients.  Since English is the global language of communication, you will often speak with your clients on phone in this language. At the start, you will find [...]

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