Ian Bishop
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Ian manages Aim for English, a Jakarta-based language training provider. He also writes articles on education, business, and technology.
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A brief look at budget travel, and how to make your dollars stretch further without sacrificing fun.
In business, remembering key events, actions and goals is crucial for your career; so what should you do if you are perhaps a little forgetful? Here's some tips from a man who has taken 30 years to develop a system which means that he'll not only get everything done on time, but also stay focused on long term goals
A short article with an innovative look at business negotiations. Some tips may come as a surprise to you.
In the first part of this series we looked at preparing your CV and covering letter to get you into an interview. In the second we briefly discussed the interview itself. So let's assume that you've done well, and that you are "in"! Now what?
You've done it right so far. You have researched the opportunity, produced an excellent CV (or resumé), written a great covering letter, and it has all worked. They want you to come for an interview! Now read on.
"It's a numbers game", they say. There are so many applications for every good job, you just have to apply for hundreds of jobs. The more applications you send out, the better your chance of landing a decent job. Simple. It's a numbers game.
One myth and eight tips from the real world.
No- not another article about Global Warming! Instead, I’m thinking about one of the great joys of world travel, and that’s the way that the climate changes, as you move from country to country.
Does it sometimes seem to you that half the business world is always “in a meeting”? And since at least 20% of the time we spend at meetings is wasted time, do you ever wonder who is actually running businesses these days?
Most people working in business, indeed in most organisations, are all too familiar with presentations. Making presentations is an activity almost completely divorced from the real purpose of the organisation. Doing good ones is a skill unrelated to any other business activity. But if you really have to make a presentation, here are some thoughts on how to do it.
