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Eight Tips To Recession Proof Your PR Career

Kashif Aziz — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:31:49 +0000

With the world slowing turning into recession, companies cutting costs and unemployment rising, it is quite difficult to sustain a career.

However, as BurrellesLuce notes, PR Industry still has the potential to see through recession. Here are eight tips offered to recession proof your PR Career:

Speak up: Talk with your immediate supervisor or other higher-ups if [...]

How Not To Apply For A Job: By Robert Scoble

Kashif Aziz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:54:00 +0000

Robert Scoble, the A-list blogger, shares practical advice on how not to apply for a job:

Include only an attachment and don’t write anything in the body of the email. Include a misspelling. Apply for a job which you are clearly unqualified for (it stands out like a sore thumb). Include a Word document that can’t be opened (one [...]

Top Ten Tips for Success in The Job Interview

Kashif Aziz — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:14:10 +0000

Arrive on time, but not too early: If you are invited to an interview for 9am say, arrive between 8.45 and 9am, no earlier. You might inconvenience the staff who are meeting you: it’s just as stressful preparing to interview candidates as being interviewed yourself! So if you arrive early walk around outside to clear [...]

During An Interview: First Ten Minutes Are Important

Kashif Aziz — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:10:12 +0000

First impressions are critical during the hiring process.

In fact, many executives said they form an opinion about hiring a candidate within 10 minutes, despite spending nearly an hour in the actual interview, according to a recent poll by Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

“The job seeker needs to remember that he or she is being assessed [...]

Sama Dubai to create 350,000 jobs in Tunisia

Kashif Aziz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:09:07 +0000

Sama Dubai, the property unit of Dubai Holding, has begun work on Tunisia’s biggest investment project, a $25 billion real estate development expected to create 350,000 jobs, a senior executive said.

“Today we announce the start of work on the first stage of the ‘Mediterranean Gate’ project which includes 16 buildings worth $1 billion,” Farhan Faraidooni, [...]

Licensing scheme for teachers in UAE

Kashif Aziz — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:50:58 +0000

Proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for all teachers in the country are welcome and long overdue. For too long the variable standards of teaching have been tolerated by parents and school managements alike, thereby producing equally variable results among pupils and students. Now it is planned that teachers, supervisors and principals from kindergarten to [...]

IKEA Job Interview

Kashif Aziz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:31:06 +0000