With spring knocking at your door, you start fantasising about the whole new world of opportunities that opens up: your spare time activities will, from now on, involve much more sun and fresh air. But why limit it to spare time? Get the most out of the warm season and consider riding your bike to work. (more...)

You might think that when it comes down to employee benefits, you are aware of all options: company car, fuel card, laptop and mobile phone. But these benefits are only those that fall into mainstream practices. Some companies took the concept a step further to secure their talented employees’ loyalty. Here are some eloquent examples: (more...)

Extreme Networks of Santa Clara, California, founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs sophisticated Ethernet solutions that meet the toughest challenges in network connectivity and IP-based communications. Throughout its history, the Company has delivered more than 15 Million Ethernet ports and has established a presence in more than 50 countries. (more...)

Are you a football supporter? Or perhaps you enjoy spending your Sundays taking long walks in the wild? Is hiking your favourite spare time activity? Are you the absolute connoisseur of wine? Does Baroque architecture fascinate you? Did you just add all that in your CV? If yes, stop for a moment and think: how is it relevant to the recruiter? (more...)

Today’s executive job market is competitive: on the one side, candidates must make sure that their skills and experience place them in the ‘winner‘ category, while on the other side, companies strive to hit the bullseye in respect to talent. Perfect matches are possible, but only if a couple of rules of the game are enforced. (more...)

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We all take advantage of the communication era. With minimum effort and waiting time reduced to zero, our messages reach anyone, in any corner of the world. It’s been estimated that a number of almost 300 billion emails are being sent daily around the globe. Surely you are contributing to this figure as well. (more...)

Did you know that the caffeine's effect on your brain diminishes within 3 hours? Or that decaffeined products still have caffeine in them? Here are some interesting facts which should make a good topic next time you chat with your work colleagues over a coffee: (more...)

Face it! Job hunting today is nothing less than embracing communication on all possible channels, offline and online. Buzz words like social media, personal branding and networking are on everybody’s lips. Where is this all going? In the long-term, maybe towards a burst of the communication bubble. In the short-term, towards getting you closer to the job you want. (more...)

Are you familiar with the saying ‘you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate’? It may sound harsh, but it’s the sad truth. Take a moment and think about your financial compensation. What do you get in your current position? What could you get in your next job? The good news is that your input has a major impact in salary negotiations. Do you feel up to stand your ground? (more...)

The online environment does not discriminate: everyone is invited to join. While it is true that global communication has never known such expansion, with companies benefitting massively from it, we cannot look away from the negative outcomes. Fraudulent entities are constantly innovating their dishonest techniques, and a moment of carelessness may easily transform you into their next victim. As a job seeker, you could be targeted by ‘agencies’ or ‘firms’ making fake job offers. (more...)