Budgeting during The Holidays
One great idea when putting together your budget for the holidays is to assess how much you spent last year as well as the previous year.
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How to Apply for a Work Permit in The Caribbean
The Caribbean offers a variety of in-demand jobs to both local and foreign professionals.
Financial Planning for the New Year
If you are working, having a plan helps avoid overspending, builds your cash reserves and places you in a stable financial condition, should career interruptions come your way in 2021.
10 Best Paying Jobs in The Caribbean
In such a picturesque region, with so much diversity and development, what are some of the best paid jobs in the Caribbean
How to create a professional profile
You can think of your professional profile as the first impression of your CV. If your professional life was a movie, your professional profile would be the trailer.
Getting Back to Work
With the recent Covid-19 pandemic, political upheavals, social unrests and new terms such as ‘social distancing’ becoming a part of our language, change has become the new norm.
With this change in mind, returning to work would not be the same as it once was.
Unemployment Benefits
Everyone needs some level of income to survive. In cases of unemployed individuals who have been displaced from their jobs, the State provides relief programs or initiatives to ease their financial burdens
Video Conference
With the recent Covid-19 pandemic, communication has never been more essential. Whether we use communication technology to perform our work remotely or stay in touch with family or friends, communication is a must.
A Guide to Understanding Furlough
With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, there must have been several words or phrases that you would have heard thrown about. However, there is one occurrence that has been quite common during this time, but a lot of people are unfamiliar with the name. – Furlough!
Working From Home with Kids
Working from home can be a new experience for some people. Being a parent can also be challenging, particularly as it’s a role you can’t necessarily quit or take a day off. When you combine these two, it can be quite an interesting experience.
How to Maximize your Productivity when Working from Home
To be productive, you need the resources that will enable you to perform your work at home just as efficient as at the office. Access to the relevant software, whether you do project management, accounting, HR, finance or whichever field you’re in, would enable you to perform your job responsibilities.
Managing Your Stress and Anxiety
The truth of the matter is, stress is a part of life. There are always going to be problems that we face and challenges that we have to overcome. However, a good approach would be to effectively manage the stress, so that it doesn’t affect your quality of life.
Study reveals working mothers are Happy
Media Does ‘Poor Job’ of Depicting Working Mothers. Results from a survey conducted by Executive Moms, www.executivemoms.com,…
How to write a letter of recommendation for a student
Students need that network – people who can vouch for them, lend an encouraging word and put in a good recommendation. Students these days need more than glowing qualifications. They need a glowing recommendation.
The Importance of Technical Skills
Whether you’re applying for a position in Information Technology or for a people-oriented career in marketing or customer service, employers across various sectors will expect modern candidates to have some level of technical skills.
A guide to placing references on your resume
People need external validation sometimes and the people you list on your resume as references act as that validation for everything you say during the interview.
What you should include in your Career Change CV
When switching careers, your CV is your tool to market yourself, document your progress and show potential employers that you have earned the skills and capabilities they are looking for.
Crafting an effective Administrative Assistant’s CV
Your administrative assistant CV would immediately tell a hiring manager if you’re the candidate for the job because, a recruiter will be looking for a set of specialised skills that will determine if you would be able to handle and thrive in such an unpredictable work environment.
How to decline a job offer by phone or email?
Sometimes when sending out resumes, you may find yourself sending applications for positions you may be overqualified for, or really have no interest in pursuing. As such, when the offer comes your way, you may clearly decide that position may not align with your career goals and thus you decide to pass.
Staying productive while working remote jobs in Jamaica
Working from home is not essentially a new concept arising from this pandemic. However, it has become an integral part of the way we sustain business activity and productivity during these unprecedented times.