Category: Landing that Job
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What the Easter Bunny can teach us about getting on at work
A workplace can be a place of tension, stress, and compartmentalised thinking. Or it can be place of openness, sharing, and understanding, especially when the holidays roll around. The secret? Tolerance and good humour. Oh, and chocolate helps, too. By Dave Luis
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From hero to zero – and back again!
It takes courage, confidence, and a certain degree of craziness to leave a comfortable management position for the ups and downs of freelancing. But if you get it right, you don’t just get to be your own boss. You get to be your own hero. By Cath Jenkin
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5 On-the-Money Ways to Get That Raise You Deserve
You work hard for a living. You know what you’re worth, and you can prove it by pointing at the results. So why, then, is it still so difficult to negotiate that raise you’ve earned with your own blood, sweat, and tears? Try these tips when the time is right, and you could be smiling…
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Rapelang Rabana, Evangelist of Mobile Learning
Meet the restless young entrepreneur who has become a leading light of education on the move in the world’s most upwardly-mobile continent
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Q&A: Maya Fisher-French, a Maven of Money
Meet the popular financial columnist and author whose sound advice on saving and spending money can help turn your small change into a small fortune
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Dear diary, you’re driving me crazy!
Slaves to our online calendars, we bounce from meeting to meeting at work, and from activity to activty at school and home. The Outlook for tomorrow, and the days yet to come? Busy, busy, busy. Which is why it’s more important than ever to schedule some time for yourself, advises Sam Wilson I remember when…
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Heather Moore, a Designer for Change
Meet the Cape Town designer and entrepreneur whose bright and breezy fabrics put the spotlight on happy homes and good living.
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How thinking like Noah helped me set up my new business
Into each working life a little rain must fall. For Rudy Nadler-Nir, the first sign of the flood was a retrenchment from the big company that had been his home. That’s when he set out, like Noah, to build himself a vessel for survival in a tough business world.
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How to fall in love with your job again
We need to work to earn the money we need to live. But there should be more to your job than the cycle of get up, get to work, and grind away at the daily grind. So how do you get the passion back? Try turning your job into something beautiful, advises our award-winning Change…
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What losing my job taught me about finding my way
In the world of work, when one door closes, another opens. But you’ll only be ready to answer the knock of opportunity if you hold onto your friendships and never let your bridges burn. By Dave Luis