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- How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career
- Are you one of the growing number of people struggling to make mid-career changes? Searching for ten easy steps to professional reinvention? Or awaiting ...
- How Star Women Build Portable Skills
- A star performer in one company will shine in another, right? Wrong. When stars switch firms, their performance actually dims, along with their new ...
- How to Survive Dinner with a Wine-Snob Boss
- Having the wine-snob boss over for a fancy dinner? Here's a BNET survival guide for wannabe wine geeks.
- Ace Your Job Interview
- Anxious about an upcoming meeting with a potential employer? Our top downloaded articles on job interview skills are here to help.
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of a Career Break
- Career breaks have never been more popular, as overworked employees look for some time away from their same old, same old routine. Most often ...
- Wine Types: What They Are and Where They're From
- Don't know your pinot from your merlot? This basic menu of wine types from around the world will help you decipher any wine list.
- Providing Business Support for the Over 50s
- Organizations and individuals have much to gain from assisting people over 50 who still want to work. Their skills, experiences, perspectives, and collective wisdom ...
- Using NLP to Improve Your Management Skills
- Have you ever wondered why you don't get along with particular employees, why some members of your team don't follow to your instructions, or ...
- Setting Clear Objectives
- When you set a clear objective, you or your direct reports are able to focus attention and energy on a concrete aspirationanything from a ...
- Becoming a Better Facilitator
- Facilitation skills don't come easily. They require awareness, sensitivity, and an understanding of process. They also require courage because sometimes you need to let ...
- Understanding Computer Viruses and Spyware
- Computer viruses are a growing threat on the Internet. They cost organizations hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2007, there are thousands ...
- Analyzing Borrowing Costs and Capitalization
- When a company borrows money, there are essentially two costs involved: the issuance expenses, which are fees charged to issue the loan, and the ...
- Assessing Current Ratio
- Current ratio is a measure of liquidity, which compares a company's current assets with its current liabilities.Current ratio is a favored test among banks ...
- Assessing Risk-adjusted Rate of Return
- Risk-adjusted Rate of Return is a performance measure that adjusts for the initial risk an investor takes at the time of a purchase.Every investor ...
- Writing the Killer Idea Pitch
- If you've got an idea for improvements within your own company, it's often easy to assume that your boss will hear you out.
- An Introduction to the Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbon Interface
- Taking Different Approaches to a Problem
- We are under such time pressures at work that we tend to solve problems based on what has worked in the past. This approach ...
- Understanding Nonverbal Communication
- The majority of what we learn about human behavior isn't spoken; it's conveyed by nonverbal signals. Being able to understand and use this powerful ...
- Five Successful Idea-Sales that Made Careers
- Inside the sales strategies that launched the Xbox, the first reality-TV show, and Enron's big swindle.
- Surviving the First Week in a New Job
- Starting a new job can be daunting for anyone, regardless of experience or rank. The first week, when it is most important to make ...
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